Teach like a PIRATE Book Study Chapter 1

 

 

 

I decided to join a book study this summer which is reading the book Teach Like a Pirate, written by Dave Burgess. There are bunch of fun teacher blogs that are conducting the book study, with different blogs hosting different sections of the book. I really am excited to do this study because it is all about helping your motivation and passion about being an educator. I have gotten a lot out of the book already and I have only read chapter 1!

 

 

Chapter 1 is about passion! What a great chapter to start out with. Dave Burgess talks about three types of passion: content, personal, and professional!

Content Passion: What is your favorite subject to teach?

 

My favorite subject to teach is reading. This has changed since teaching 5th grade! When I taught 5th grade ( for 7 years ) my favorite area was science. Science is HUGE in 5th grade!! There is the periodic table, human and plant systems, solar system, and I could go on and on. However, now that I am in kindergarten, I LOVE LOVE LOVE teaching reading. It is such an amazing feeling to help these little ones dissect reading in its smallest form, and then start seeing lightbulbs go off when they start to get it. Reading for them is magical, and because it is one of my favorite things to do when I have free time, I love to see that passion ignite in others.

Professional Passion: What are you passionate about in your profession?

In my profession I am most passionate about relationships. I treasure the relationships I have with my little ones, their parents, and my coworkers. Being able to work alongside others that have the same passion is such a joy! My kindergarten team motivates me, and makes me feel that I am a good person, and challenges me to take risks. I think personally a goal I need to make though is to develop even better relationships with my team. I work 10 months with them!! :) I love that our rooms connect at my school, we are constantly helping each other and getting ideas mid-teaching even!

Personal Passion: What's your passion outside the profession?

 

Outside of my profession I am passionate about, well, my newest venture, Scentsy and Velata. Scentsy being wickless candles, and Velata being fondue warmers that are just like Scensty warmers! This business venture just started for me in March and has been really fun! I also am passionate about my family. I am so lucky to have a husband that stays home with my kids, and they love being outside. It is very rare for us to actually be home all day long. Even when I get home from work about 4 and kids go to bed at 7, we still have to go outside and do something as a family. We love being together and rarely are apart. For some families this is impossible, or just plain ol' not fun. However for us, we thrive off of it. I know that my time is limited because my kids won't be able to always spend time with us like this and have other things to do or places to be, so I am taking advantage now!

 

Head on over to this blog below for more insight on chapter 1!!!!

 

 

Stetson's 3rd Birthday

I really really really don't like to throw parties. I hardly like going to parties anymore, and throwing them makes me sick, LITERALLY to my stomach. However I had quite a few friends and my hubby talk me into throwing a party for Stetson, due to the fact that he wouldn't care how many decorations I had, he just would have fun. That, my friends, sunk in. It isn't the amount of decorations or money I spend, it is the atmosphere of friends and family that he would love. It really helped that I found a bunch of fun pirate stuff from someone elses pirate party on sale ( and a bunch of items were handmade!) So armed with Stetson's favorite decorations in hand, I decided it was going to happen. 

This picture, is the day before his birthday. We decided to give him our present a day early so he could have fun with it. And BOY did he! He loves it!

That night ( still the night before his birthday ) my in-laws took Lucy, Stetson and I to the Pirate Dinner Adventure in Buena Park. SO MUCH FUN! I already blogged this picture before but I had to add it in since it was a celebration of his bday.

 Both kids got their faces painted.

The food wasn't half bad! We had great seats!

A few scenes from the show.

 I was shocked that there was all sorts of talent there.

Then finally, Stetson's BIRTHDAY! ( don't worry he only kept the earring on for the picture, his choice )

 We rented our clubhouse in our community so that we could have more room than our place, and we could go swimming as well.

 I got HUGE, WONDERFUL cupcakes from Cinnamon Productions. They were totally well priced. Only problem is the pastel sprinkles. Oh well!!! No one seemed to notice!

 I am pretty proud of myself for spray painting these ceramic flower pots to be our utensil holders. :)

Yummy white chocolate popcorn....

and my favorite caramel corn, thanks to Maw and Paw's Popcorn.

 Stetson's new thing is water guns! My brother and him were fighting most of the party.

Some of the fam....

Sweetheart Celee 

Troy and Christine's daughter Brooke-Lynn

He loved the popcorn so much he ate it while swimming.

His favorite present of the day!!!!!!

One of the best parts of the day for me was how interested he was in reading every card. 

Stetson loves his Uncles!!! Uncle Mike ( my brother )

and Uncle Bryce ( Troy's brother ) Here they are pretending to be Captain Hook!

My first time being a guinea pig!

So about a year ago I learned about Emmy, from Much Ado About You  and her awesome planners!!! The problem was, the week before I had just bought a planner from Erin Condren, so I could not buy another planner. I was devastated, because I love supporting hand made businesses, and that is what Much Ado About You is! Then, not too long after, Emmy decided to stop making her planners because it was taking a lot of time away from her family. ( can you blame her? the woman has her priorities straight! ) You see she was doing a lot of work and not making much profit at all. So, she decided to see if she could outsource and have the planners printed at a decent price and leave the tabs for us to put on ourselves. Ummmm hello? I would do anything for her to be able to have her business open back up!! So SHE DID! And she asked for some guinea pigs to purchase the planners ahead of time, and I WAS ONE OF THE 25 SHE CHOSE! Without further ado........

The packaging got a lot of pictures!!! It was adorable!

 Clothespins, a giant paperclip to hold my spot , Cute sticker coupons ( totally a great idea for coupons )

This tag makes it worth it!! Handmade is awesome! I have so many friends that help support their families making handmade items, I am so proud of them!

A look at the inside....umm, did anyone else know that August 2nd is National Ice Cream Day??? Emmy does and she made sure we do now know too!

Month at a glance

Week at a glance

 This little do dad in the back is awesome! It is like a little bucket list!

My favorite items

-the pocket in the back

-the laminated cover

-THE SIZE! 6 x 9 makes it super easy to fit in your purse

-4 INCH paperclip bookmark! Its to die for!

Emmy's planners go on sale TOMORROW ( June 1st ) and for the first 10 days of the month you can order for the two months in advance. For example, if you order June 1-10, your planner will ship in the beginning of July and it will be a planner that starts in August. And so on and so on for consecutive months. 

AND, something that was just announced, Emmy is pairing with The Pleated Poppy to make custom covers!! So head over ( tomorrow ) to Much Ado About You and order your planner!

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Hello, Monday !

This past holiday/birthday weekend was SO fun!!! I am now glad that I had Stetson on Memorial Day weekend because I am realizing we will always get a three day weekend around his birthday and it will probably always contain a bbq! That's super fun! 

So today, even though it is almost Tuesday, I am saying HELLO to Monday! 

Hello to it being the last week of school for my kindergarten class. We are moving to our newly modernized school, so everything has to be packed by Thursday our last day. Hence the poor empty room in the background. 

Here is an example of how we present our writing in my class! They all want to stand on their chair.

 A sample of what they were reading to each other. I love that this boy came into kinder not even speaking English! 

 Hello to my little brother graduating from Cal State Long Beach. So proud of him!!

 Hello to our talent show! I was floored by the talent! This is a first grader who ROCKED at the drums! And how cute is it that they are his size????

 Hello to sending every project in my room home! We made these, yes, the first day! Inside are all their pictures of me, their room, their friends, the school and so on. They got a kick out of how funny their writing and drawing looked! This project is from one of my favorite websites and sellers Miss Kindergarten at Teachers Pay Teachers. If you want to check it out click here.

 Hello to my little boy turning 3 yesterday!! Birthday post is coming tomorrow!

 Hello to going to the most awesome place, Pirates Dinner Adventure with my in laws to celebrate Stetson's birthday.

Have a GREAT week!!!!!!