The Bow Tie Teacher

The 1st Annual Whitaker Playground Crawl

I'm not sure where all my ideas come from, but this one was certainly fun. My girls and I did our best to go to as many parks as we could in one day. The rule was that we had to play on the playset and only be there for 20 minutes. We were able to get to 10 parks. 

IT WAS WILD!

We had so much fun. Here are some pics of our adventure. I took a pic of them around the sign of every park. 

 

This is a church down the street from my house. I think churches tend to have some of the best playgrounds. 7 out of 10

This is a school by our house. Lots of good fun. This joint has a serious steel slide. I haven't seen one of these rascals in years. 7 out of 10

This was a very small playground. We only played for 8 minutes. 6 out of 10

I didn't like this park. As soon as I saw a little boy shove one of my girls, I rode up out of there quick. 6 out of 10

Fantastic park. Very well kept and maintained. You see Taylor is going back to play. 8 out of 10 *This play ground has the thick rubberized play area not the wood chips. This was a WINNER!

Do your research and make sure all your parks are OPEN! This is a HUGE church playground. I'll be back before Summer's end to give you all an update on it. 

This park didn't have a real sign. Not sure why, but it's always a good park near our church. 7 out of 10. This park is a winner whenever. 

Another well maintained school playground. Very nice and clean. 8 out of 10 for the great rubberized mats and new fresh play equipment. 

This is a community across the street from our house. Taylor calls it Taylor Park. Not sure why, but these are my kids. 7 out of 10. 

A church by my house. Again, keeping it real tight for the church playground. Nice tree cover and a fantastic play set. 9 out of 10 * for the fantastic tree cover and well spaced out playset. 

We had a picnic at this park so that marked off another slot on our 101 things to do during the Summer list. 

This is the playground in my community. I'm sure you notice what I noticed when get walked up to it. THERE'S NO PLAY SET! It's in the process of being replaced and the new swing set was up 1st. Have to give my own community a 5 out of 10 until later. 

The nap they took afterwards was 9.5 out of 10 for sure. We had a lot of fun and can't wait for the next Playground Crawl. We might do it before the end of the Summer. 

Enjoy your Summer. 

Summer Learning

What are you teaching your children this Summer? I don't mean what the Camp is teaching them or what your cousin down South is teaching them. What lessons are your kids learning from you during the "time off from school"?

• TV is a babysitter and a pretty good parent
• The library? Where is the Library? 
• You don't have to read over the Summer. Take the time off. 
• I don't know why your teacher sent you this Summer Work Packet home.

Or

• The bookstore is having reading time. Let's go.
• Where's the remote? Who cares!
• Let's get out and go visit our neighbors.
• We're all going to sit down for dinner together.

*School never ends and neither does learning so make sure what your kids see/hear from you is something you're ok with seeing and hearing again. There are so many good lessons kids can learn from their families that it's a shame more parents don't utilize these teaching opps. Enjoy your Summer, but don't look past the Summer Learning. 

Summer break update

This break has been great! I think the single best thing I did was give my daughters 101 things to do this Summer. We're having a blast finding ways to get more than 1 check for every event. Losts of good fun. I also have come up with some more good ones. So next time I'll have 200 things to do over Christmas break. Besides that I'm getting some good rest and I feel much better. 

Summer is here...

Happy Summer to all Teachers!

Summer, Oh how I missed you. I have 60+ days to enjoy your beauty and relish in your glow. Let's get acquainted again shall we.  

Special guest blogger, sorta

I had a guest stop by and smile with me today. Hey Taylor. 2 more days bin school year.

Changing up my blog

Been talking about my experiences as a classroom teacher for a while. Starting next school year I'll come from a different angle. I'm still fiddling around with a name, but I'll give you an idea of the subject. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Let's see if the new birth of my blog has a similar outcome. 

8 days

About to wrap up from the Summer

So much is going on these last days before the school year ends. I'm expecting even more, really. I'm going to stop blogging over the Summer and focus on some other family things. But fear now I will be back after this LONG, DRAWN OUT Summer with a new look, new name and a new blog focus. Not like my blog has even been accused of being focused. 

Anyway let's end this school year strong and send these kids off to success in the future and most importantly back to their mamas! 

4 Days to enjoy my teaching experience

This blog is going to make a major shift this Summer. Please feel free to check out all my previous posts, because next school year we're going in a totally new direction.