Author: Amanda
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Duck Daycare
I have spent a lot of my days during the extended closure (and will spend a lot of summer days) at my best friend’s house, Ashley. Her oldest kid, Bristol, nicknamed me “Duck” when she first started talking. I’m not sure how she got Duck out of Amanda. Duck Daycare is mostly taking care of…
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Teacher Toolbox: Librarian Edition
After seeing these online for far too long, I broke down and purchased a toolbox from Amazon. You can find the one I purchased here. I spent some time scouring the internet to see how other people have their toolboxes set up. A lot of teachers had drawers devoted to things that I don’t use…
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Target “Dollar Spot” Finds
I don’t think they call it the Dollar Spot anymore. Maybe it is Bullseye Playground or something of the sorts. I do not condone going into a store unnecessarily, but if you have another reason to go to Target I recommend checking for these. My friend needed some things that can’t be found locally, so…
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inhale, exhale
I’ve written before about how hard this school year has been. Before the COVID-19 closure, there was a host of other things that just seemed to go wrong. We suffered losses, illnesses, and hard times together as a staff. With my Grammy now gone, I’m feeling the weight of all that went on this school…
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Teachers Pay Teachers Purchases I Recommend for Librarians
The Teacher Appreciation Week sale is coming up soon. I saw a Facebook post asking librarians to share their favorite resources. Rather than me writing up some long, drawn out comment I thought I would throw all of the links to my favorite things in a blog post. Some of these things I purchased since…
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Teach With Me: School Librarian at Home Edition
Friday, March 13th was our last day at school. Since then, I have gotten a lot done but at the same time I feel as if there is a daunting amount of tasks ahead of me. The first couple of weeks were just shell shocked as we awaited marching orders for what was going to…
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What I should be doing right now
What should I be doing right now? I should be finishing the mad dash of book checkin, making sure my library helpers are scurrying to all of the classrooms that they need to hit that morning before it is time for them to go to their itinerant class. But instead I won’t see them again…