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Teacher friends, are you as fascinated about “celebration days” as I am? I love looking up what random “holidays” are celebrated and when. And it was on one of these google searches that I stumbled upon World Smile Day! Imagine… a whole day dedicated to making someone smile. I smile just thinking about it.

Effective Co-Teaching Strategies can truly make a school year run so much more smoothly. As one of a small handful of special education teachers at my school, sometimes I feel like I'm on my own little island. I'm writing the IEPs, overseeing progress monitoring, meeting service minutes… all while being pushed and pulled in a hundred different directions. Not to mention trying to make sure the students' general education teachers receive all of the help they need, as well.

Oh, screen time. It can be a parent's (and a teacher's) best friend or mortal enemy. The Battle of the Binge is something I have to fight in my house. We have always tried to limit screen time, but trust me when I say that my seven year old would JUMP at the chance to watch My Little Pony for 12 hours without blinking.

Welcome to Week 4 of Quaranteaching! We are getting ready to celebrate Easter on Sunday. We should have been making plans to leave our town right after Sunday's service to head to my dad and step-mom's house for an Easter meal. But Covid-19 had other plans, so we are staying home. But that didn't stop them from sending my daughter an Easter basket filled with goodies- including PEEPS.

I remember last summer when I was preparing for my first year teaching in my first ever classroom and being so excited. I had taken over the classroom of a retired teacher, so by the time I had cleared away the old, worn out, and out-of-date items, I was left with basically a blank slate. I looked at Pinterest for hours scoping out exactly the theme I was going to use to decorate and what resources I just HAD to have. Honestly, it was overwhelming. And being a first-year teacher, I had no idea what I was actually going to need.

This is it, y'all! We have made it to part three- the final part in this three part series about Self-Care myths and how to beat them.