Author: Hannah

  • 3 Things to do Before School Starts

    3 Things to do Before School Starts
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    3 Things to do Before School Starts to set yourself up for success! Doing these 3 things before school starts will set you up for success! *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Regardless, I only recommend products I personally use and love. Read more

  • 4 Pieces of Advice for New Teachers

    4 Pieces of Advice for New Teachers

    Make it clear, in all aspects, that you are the adult in the room. You can do this! Veteran teachers, what else would you add? Read more

  • What’s in my Pen Pouch?

    What’s in my Pen Pouch?

    My favorite Planning tools lately: What’s in your pen pouch? *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Regardless, I only recommend products I personally use and love. Read more

  • Best Laid Plans Podcast!

    Best Laid Plans Podcast!

    It was so fun to record a podcast with Sarah Hart-Unger!! I have listened to Best Laid Plans since the beginning, and her other podcast with co-host Laura Vanderkam, Best of Both Worlds, since 2018! Sarah talks about planning work and life, and also reviews planners on BLP, which is super helpful when buying a… Read more

  • Teacher Lesson Planners

    Teacher Lesson Planners

    It’s that time of year again! One of my favorite parts of the new school year is setting up a new teacher lesson planner. I like to have a lesson planner separate from my everyday planner. However, I do put school-related events that change or affect my normal schedule on my everyday planner. Then I… Read more

  • Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage

    Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage

    Andrew Jackson’s farmstead, called The Hermitage, was peaceful. We visited on a recent trip to Nashville. I could picture Old Hickory in the midst of a horse / cotton farm. He wanted a calm place to hide away after losing popularity. “Even today, Andrew Jackson is still awash in a storm of controversy. His life… Read more

  • Life is too short to read bad books

    Life is too short to read bad books
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    Non-Painful Pivot series: Changing Priorities in Your Reading Life Maybe I should say “less-painful” pivots. Pivots usually come with at least a small sense of loss, grieving what life used to be like. It could be a big pivot with big feels about missing my in-person classroom after my daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. Or… Read more