Back to school time has ALWAYS been my favorite time of the year. Yes, I would get a little anxious seeing the aisles of the stores transform into mazes of school supplies because it meant that my summer was coming to an end, but excitement for the year to come quickly overtook the anxiety of leaving summer behind.
My love for back to school season grew when I became a teacher. After my first year of teaching, my love for back to school season grew with the joy of shopping for supplies for my classroom. I didn’t have much else to do during the summer except plan for the next school year. I discovered that once July rolled around, I became exceptionally excited for Sunday mornings when the new ads came out for Target, Staples, and Office Depot. Office Depot had those 1 cent deals!!!! I would plan my week according to which stores to go to to buy school supplies. I always bought 5 new sets of markers, crayons, colored pencils and glue sticks for each station in my room. I was the queen of finding cheap scissors and pencils. It was a routine that brought me a lot of joy. These new school supplies were the start to all the new fun activities I had been planning all summer for the new school year.
Now that I am staying home with my son and not going back to teach, I am finding this time of the year to be the hardest part to adjust to. I had 23 first days of school and everyone was just as exciting/nerve wracking as the others. This year I have found my self perusing the back to school section at target just to see whats new and fantasizing (strange way to put it, but teachers understand) how I would use them in my classroom. I am thinking we might need a new set of markers at home this fall, or maybe just a set of new flair pens!
Soaring Bird Mathematics 