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@whymommy love fest

January 24, 2012

We have had an overwhelming response to the call for @whymommy love over the last 24 hours, and the love keeps on flowin’ in! With love, Susan, here is part one of our @whymommy love fest:     Originally created to an amazing soundtrack chosen by the amazing ladies of The DC Moms, complete with [...]

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best of teach mama countdown: #8 — gem jars

January 5, 2012

Being a parent is a totally rewarding, completely fun, and continually changing job, but yes, it’s sometimes crazy, difficult, challenging, and frustrating. No two days are ever the same, and what begins as a great morning for one kiddo can be a rocky, awful, stressful one for another. It’s the hardest J-O-B I ever signed [...]

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new for us friday: gain scentilious and blogalicious

November 12, 2011

I had the amazing opportunity a few weeks back to attend my first-ever Blogalicious Conference, so this New For Us Friday, I’m sharing just a teeny bit of that incredible experience, (and yes, I’m aware that I’m a few steps behind). Not only was the conference top-notch from start to finish, but I learned more [...]

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quick trick: the fancy brush–avoiding tangled hair and tearful mornings

September 6, 2011

This Quick Trick is a little bit funny to me. It’s not about how to make the school year a success. It’s not about how to teach kids to tie their shoes. And it’s not about how to use magnetic letters or how to keep kids busy in line or how we force game-playing manners [...]

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homemade back-to-school lunchbox notes

August 15, 2011

I have been on a major cleaning kick lately, trying to get our family (and home) ready for the new school year. I want to begin on the right foot so that we’re organized, efficient, and sane. When I hit our work room, I noticed that one major piece of overflowing madness was our Card [...]

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learning during read-alouds: making predictions

August 8, 2011

When my family visited our local butterfly garden a few weeks ago, none of us could have predicted that one of the beautiful creatures would have landed on our Owen first. Of the four of us, he was the least still; he was buzzing around the greenhouse, smelling flowers and hunting for butterflies left and [...]

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where to begin on teach mama?

February 18, 2009

Welcome! If this is your first time stopping by teach mama, I’m so glad you’re here. Blogs can be overwhelming, especially if you’re not use to a person’s layout, style, or content. Essentially, the focus of teach mama is to provide parents with the tools and resources they need to be the best teachers they [...]

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who is teach mama?

January 29, 2009

A Reading Specialist and High School English Teacher, Amy is married to an amazing man and is raising three of the most awesome kids in America. She is a Literacy Consultant, working with area schools to help train their Reading Teachers and design their Literacy Programs. She also tutors students, ranging from pre-K through grade [...]

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my favorite online stops

January 28, 2009

Here are some of my favorite sites. Share and enjoy, and if you think I missed one, drop me a line. I’d be more than happy to add to the list; I’m always on the hunt for the best stops on the web. (This is a work in progress and is taking me soooo long [...]

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it’s really me. . .

January 19, 2009

. . . as teach mama, hanging out in cyberspace, in all of these fun, amazing, super-cool spots: I created this online group for parents and teachers to hang out, to collaborate, and to communicate (head over and join the fun!): we teach I loved speaking at this conference: BlogHer 2010 in NYC–Change Agents, ROYO: [...]

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contact me

January 18, 2009

Please feel free to contact Amy if you: would like to see her media kit; have questions about any of the content on the site; would like to borrow something–a post, a picture, anything–from this site; are interested in having her review a product or service; would like for Amy to write an article for [...]

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