Hi again!

I suppose I should introduce myself. I am an introvert and sometimes a little awkward in social situations so I just jumped in with my first post. My name is Abby and I am a Kindergarten Teacher. I love it. It is so so so hard but so so so much fun! There is nothing like teaching kindergarten. I have taught 1st grade and 2nd grade, and though I enjoy those grades as well, kindergarten has my heart. I've been teaching kindergarten for 6 years now. I'm a total phonics geek and I am passionate about play based learning as well. It's an area I really want to improve in so there may be a lot of posts related to this topic ;)

I am also a wife and mother.  A wife to a teacher actually. That's right, we are a dual teacher household, you may feel sorry for our children now ;).  My husband teaches in the upper grades while I teach primary. I really want to start a podcast with him to share our different perspectives. If you have any ideas of topics we could start with please share! I am a boy mom. I have 3 wonderful boys and I love being a mom of boys. 

You'll learn more about me as we go along but I wanted to share the reason I chose the title "S'more to Learn"

 So, why "S'more to Learn"?

First of all, who doesn't love a good s'more? Especially as we begin summer, it is the ultimate summer bonfire treat...am I right?? This title has come from a long standing theme in my classroom. Camping. I have loved camping and the s'more is the ultimate camping treat! Now as I get older, I'm more into "glamping", but in my classroom it's been a camping theme for a long time. I have made it a bit more sophisticated over the years ;) I originally chose a camping theme because I thought it was cute and I had a lot of personal camping stuff I could include as decor. I chose this theme my second year teaching. Throughout the year and especially at the end of the year, I reflected on the relationship between camping and 1st grade (what I was teaching at the time). Think about it for a moment...in camping it is important to know survival skills to keep you alive in the wild. In kindergarten and first grade children are learning academic survival skills. They are learning foundational skills in reading, writing, math, science, SEL, etc. These foundational skills are the building blocks for all other grades! We are teaching children to survive in the wilds of school. 

I'm so excited to share with you the adventures in my classroom because there's always s'more to learn!