Miss Nelson is Missing...

Yes, it's a classic children's book: Miss Nelson is Missing. It was my favorite book because I loved my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Anderson (Fraizer Elementary, Pasadena ISD). She was a sweet as Miss Nelson and when Mrs. Anderson missed school, I felt like finding her because the classroom was madness.

Because the start of the school year is buzzing through the air, I thought tenderly on my first day of Kindergarten. My own almost 5 yr. old will attend Kindergarten on Tuesday. I found this wonderful re-enactment video of a Kindergarten class making a "Miss Nelson is Missing Video!" BRAVO, to the performers and please enjoy!

New York Post Back-to-School Article!

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/the-new-readers-back-to-school-booklist/?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

Symbaloo!

"Nobody Cares"

Today, my son was being rude to his younger brother. There's a six year age difference, repsectively 10 and 4. The younger brother nagged the eldest and his response was "nobody cares."

After lecturing the eldest on the power in the comment "nobody cares," I wrote this poem. It consists of my tirades as I tried to reason the power in the comment, "Nobody Cares."

"Nobody Cares"

Yes, it's mean and the little brother of "I don't care!" But let me tell you what else it is.

Nobody cares is how things get broken. How projects get formed. How disasters aren't prevented. How children lose hope.

Nobody cares is real. It's urban. It's statistics. It's a feeling. It's ignorance.

Now care.

-Jean Darnell