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My name is Laura and I have been teaching French Kindergarten in Ontario, Canada for 9 years. I am passionate about early childhood education, thrifting, the environment, navigating being a new-ish mom, and creating resources for French teachers around the world. Recently, I presented at the Educators2Educators New Year Reboot conference, and it gave me a bug for connecting with others who are on similar paths as me. Iā€™m so happy that you stumbled upon this page and hope that you can find something that sparks a thought, an idea, or an opinion, or just saves you a bit of time in your day-to-day routine. Come on in!

Oof. This is a hard one for me. I have spent a lifetime trying to erase the element of “the unknown”. I wanted to make everything “known”, everything predictable, everything safe. It has been impossible and exhausting. I&r
I mean, really. I have a dream of becoming a librarian when I retire. šŸ“š Have you read American Dirt by @jeaninecummins? I loved it!
The Mess That We Made is a cumulative story (think “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly”). The way in which the words build and rhyme pulls readers right in (“This is the seal / That eats the fish / That swim in the mess that
IYKNK. Have you read @kileyreid’s “Such A Fun Age”? It’s one of my fave reads this year.
This book is just so summer-y and bright and fresh and darling that I had to renew it three times from the library because I didn’t want to take it off the shelf. šŸš I have a soft spot for books about girls and their grandfathers, and this bo
Maybe I’m feeling sentimental because it’s my anniversary weekend, but this quote from The Windsor Knot got me. Even the Queen of England had her person who just “got” her. For like, 70 years. Who is your person? šŸ’•
In my next life, I want to be Leopold. Leopold looooves to dance, and he gets to demonstrate this during his ballet dance classes. The much-anticipated recital is coming up, and Leopold is super excited!, until they’re told that they will be d
I finished Sally Hepworth’s “The Good Sister” and this has to be my favourite quote from the whole book. Does this not just immediately remind you of someone difficult in your life - a student, a loved one, a coworker - and make you

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Hey, world! I started a blog. Yep, little old me. I plan to talk about a bunch of stuff. And I will warn you: sometimes it will be random. It will mostly be about teaching ā€¦ but sometimes also about parenting a toddler, pregnancy, marriage, cooking, or picking garbage up off the side of the road to be a better human.

Come check me out. Iā€™m kind of awesome.