Here it is, last day of June, and I am finally finding the time (read: sequestering myself in the office while my husband watches the baby) to post. Sigh. 🙂
In simpler times, when my only real concern over the summer was daydreaming about my class the following year (because I am a giant nerd), I found myself perusing blogs for ideas the way many newly engaged women pore over bridal magazines. My summer has always been full of planning, thinking, dreaming, and preparing. In my travels, I’ve come across a few really wonderful teaching blogs which have provided me with a wealth of ideas and inspiration. I can’t possibly be the only one always looking to others for new strategies, so with that in mind, here are a few of my favourite places to visit:
Runde’s Room – Home to heaps of resources and ideas. She has a VERY good shop on Teachers Pay Teachers. When I was teaching Math, I purchased several of her resources and my students always loved them.
That Artist Woman – So many engaging, wonderful art projects on her blog, complete with tutorials. I always find lots of inspiration here. I think I might have more fun doing these projects than my students, but that’s just because I love art so much!
Living Avivaloca – Another well-written blog full of reflections on teaching and learning, written by a Grade 1 teacher.
Madame Bellefeuille – She doesn’t post too terribly often any more, but this blog has been great for finding resources for beginner French Immersion.
Teaching FSL – Mme Aiello maintains her blog regularly and her Teachers Pay Teachers store is FULL of great products for FSL teachers. She regularly offers freebies, and her blog is full of advice for new and experienced teachers. Her ideas saved me regularly while I was doing occasional teaching work, and now that I have Core French on my schedule next year I expect to be visiting her blog even more regularly.
Hopefully someone out there finds one of those links as helpful as I have. 🙂 If you have any other favourite places to visit online, I’m always looking for new sites to add to my blogroll!
