maestra on the move

I will be on a bit of a road trip for this month, visiting some relatives and friends in the mid-westerly parts of the nation. Travelling will bring us down south, as well, for some much needed relaxation and exposure to green and natural things.

I'm on a farm for the first time ever today, so I'll have lots of cow and corn photos to use in the classroom some day.

There will be lots of things to see and maybe some time to write some posts on rainy days, but otherwise, normal posting will resume in August.

why blog?

This blog has been a long time coming. It started last summer as an idea added to a never-ending things do list. I might as well be upfront, I am tragically addicted to list making. Every few months or so I make ambitious big goal lists (ie, research grad school), every few weeks I make a monthly list of more mundane chores (ie, check credit history), and, depending on my laziness, I make a weekly list of things to actually accomplish (ie, clean the tub).

Of course, as a teacher, I make tons of lists with titles such as Monday Before Kids, Things to Do at Naptime, and Great Books about the Ocean.

Typically, lists appear stream-of-consciousness-style on my journal pages, lined Post-it notepads, or blank, folded copy paper. Not so for the list titled Questions to Explore through Blogging. Instead, I wound up with this cheesy list:

• How different are day care and preschool settings?
• Does Montessori work in a variety of economic settings?
• Who is reporting and analyzing early childhood issues on the web?
• Who is taking care of these issues in print media?
• Who are the other intellectually-oriented early childhood educators out there?

So, these will be a start.