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I was once collecting a bag of objects for a writing assignment...the kids were going to have to study the man's "rubbish" and do descriptions of him and complete some narrative writing or problem solving...and my cleaner threw it out too. Sigh. Have not had the mood to start collecting fictional rubbish ever since.

Hi Mysterious Teacher I found you here on Teacher Lingo and will keep reading your blog. Perhaps you would like to take a look at mine: www.teachermum.com Although we love our profession, there really are some perils to it!

Teaching can be a pretty stressful job. What do you do to destress after a long day? What do you do to help your kids destress?

Hi In the real world I am a mum, a wife and a special education teacher (And lots of other things, but I’ll just stick to those three for now.) In my fantasy world, I am a guitar playing rock star and a famous artist. In my spare time I …um… I…um… Okay, so I don’t have spare time. But I do like to think I invented the idea of the mum’s “Crumple ...

Yep - don't you hate it when kids like this land up ruining a lesson you spent ages planning. Parents should be teaching their children reslience ...not how to be teacups and dependent adults. Thanks for the post. Sometimes it is hard to be a teacher.

This is one of my favourite birthday activities to do with my kids - you may enjoy my blog post on our family tradition of walking books: http://www.teachermum.com/2011/01/walking-books/ Enjoy Teachermum

Our school is looking at implementing a new spelling program and throwing out the one we are currently using. In all my years as a special education teacher I have never used a specific spelling program but have rather been eclectic in my choices. Does anyone out there have any suggestions are want to share names of successful spelling programs ...

This is one of my favourite inspirational stories - one of the highlights of my teaching career: http://www.teachermum.com/?s=impleatur