Back to School Collection

Hi Friends!  After a month overseas, I'm back, and with school starting up, I wanted to repost this modest collection of mainly free materials.

Look for more new stuff later---I've only been at work one day so far.   Sometimes, life takes over blogging and work. I loved our Indonesia visit, and seeing our awesome daughter navigate the culture, language, and school blew me away.

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(repost from last year)




If you haven't been following my blog, you may not know that I now actually have a very small library of 'back to school themed' printables for all of your speech/language or special education needs.   Here they are!  This should work for you for a couple of weeks!  Just click on the links beside each picture.

"Things we do at School" printable book and icons.

Back to School Packet

Back to school Prepositions Bingo--free printable

What do you hear at school---free printable book with icons.









I hope your states are treating you better than North Carolina is treating its teachers!!!! Click on the link below the picture for a depressing picture of the state of our system (written by a teacher near Asheville).

                                           "I can no longer afford to teach."



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Living the Life of a Celebrity

We are winding down our amazing month in Indonesia.  Every day has been a new adventure. I've loved the scenery, the food, and the people...especially the people.  

Apparently throughout most parts of Java, white people like me don't visit.  One resulting phenomenon that David and I didn't anticipate was the numerous requests from random strangers to pose with them for pictures.  Families, school groups, couples.....they all were almost as excited about a photo with me as I would be with Barack Obama.

Random new friends in Solo.

Random new friends at the top of a volcano outside of Bandung.

A dad takes this shot.....wanting me to pose with his family.

Everyone was so genuinely happy I almost always obliged to pose.  For me, it's a gentle reminder of the world's diversity and  my own culture is a small slice.

Back to the states in two days! 

An Indonesian visit

We are about two-thirds into our trip. Last week we had the pleasure of visiting Andorra's  high school in East Java in the province of Madiun where we were greeted with enthusiasm and treated like celebrities.   The students tried out a little English and erupted into laughter when we attempted to say their names.

Kids sang happy birthday to David.

Andorra's fellow English teachers.

The principal met with us too!

We had a wonderful time and I'm grateful we could travel so far to meet the children and teachers she works with.

 

A Week in Bali

I thought I would post a few pictures to show I'm still around.  We did meet up with our daughter and we've had such a nice time catching up!
Temples, ocean, volcanoes, different food, markets, rice paddies....they provide a wealth of opportunities for pictures.