If you teach a primary grade then you know how important number sense is. The main focus in the new common core for first grade IS number se...

I hope everyone is enjoying there holiday in the USA. Happy 4th of July! Here's two of my favorite patriotic songs from YouTube....

I've got to tell you, I LOVE being a teacher. I LOVE being a wife and mother. But I think the very best job in the world is being a GRAN...

WOW! Can't believe it's July already. I haven't done a Currently lately because generally it's way into the month before I ...

I don't know about your kiddos but mine LOVE pictures of their teacher especially when the teacher was a kid like them. I guess it helps...

Yesterday I wrote about my 'aha' to the importance of number lines as an effective tool in math. You can read that post HERE . So...

Number lines have been around forever. My teachers had a BIG one displayed at the front of the room and often a smaller one on everyone'...