Language for Little Learners

A new school year is approaching! Enjoy your summer while you can! Here in France, we haven’t had much of a summer. I think today it got to around 85 which is the first time in a long time. I’m not complaining though, I enjoy the 70s in the summer especially since we don’t have any air conditioning. I still am surprised though, that I’m sitting here with my jacket on and windows open on July 18th! It gets pretty chilly at night.

My children have been going to summer recreation for the last 2 weeks. They have 2 more weeks of it and then everything is shut down for the month of August. I wanted to put them in summer recreation so they can meet new people and not get too rusty with their French. And what do you know…my son came home and told me he made a new British friend. Great! I think it’s really nice, but still kind of wrecked my plans for him to practice his French. I’m happy though, they seem to have really hit it off.

Attached is a picture of a regular day for me. I really need to start leaving my house at least 10 minutes earlier. These cows have made me late more than once when I go to pick up my kids.

Here’s a post from my good friend at: Bestpractices4teaching Enjoy!

I hear the angels in the background.  I am wanting to belt out the chorus of Handel’s Hallelujah…..I am…..complete.


Every year I loose close to 30-50 books because my students find some way to sneak them out and never return them.  I beg for their return, but don’t make too big of a deal for them because my hope is that they are still being read when they go home.


But now…..NOW, I have found a solution!  BookSource’s Classroom Organizer.

Using an app on your phone, you scan ISBN numbers to put books into your classroom library.  You input your students names.  Then, they can use the computer to type in the ISBN number or key words of the book’s title and check them out.  There is also a way to return the books.


Problem Solved:  I know how to attach lost books with a face!!!


You have GOT to go look at this.  I have used my own kids as Guinea pigs and it works!!!  I could just dance a jig!!!