My last September ’school start up’…my last year to write Individualized Program Plans for all of my special needs students… my last year of signing up for committees.  I am 98% sure that I will resign from my permanent teaching contract at the end of this school year, and so I have begun to think […]

If you were to visit my classroom these days, you would likely find me walking around the room with a crochet hook in my hand and a brightly coloured blanket trailing behind me, while teaching curriculum at the same time. Multi-tasking in action!
With the school year drawing to a close, our after school knitting […]

The most memorable moments of my teaching life may seem trivial to some but are truly momentous in my mind.
The class was a combined grade 2,3,4 group of cognitively delayed students. Roy was a feisty, tow-headed spitfire in grade 2. If marks were given solely for effort, Roy would score straight A’s. He put a […]

Our school knitting club has moved onto the next level of knitting adventure. After making many headbands, wristbands and little purses, our students have decided to knit for charity. When we suggested knitting 6″x6″ squares for a blanket, which they could donate to a charity of their choice, they couldn’t get their squares cast […]

 

Imagine you’re a 9 year old girl, living with your older brother and your dad. Mom has been gone since you were a year old, lost to the downward spiral of drugs and prostitution. Dad works long hours at a restaurant to put food on the table and pay the rent on your […]