- Who has helped you grow as a teacher?
- What are you grateful for learning about yourself the past year?
- What challenges have you been faced with, and what did you learn as a result?
- How can we say thank you more often?
While I could come up with bright, insightful answers for each of these and write an introspective and thoughtful blog post, instead I am going to blog about Pinterest. How does Pinterest fit into the equation of who has helped me grow as a teacher? Or how I am grateful for what I have learned about myself this past year, or challenges I have faced? Well, that's easy. Without Pinterest, my creative side would never have been sparked.
My whole life I have been SOMEWHAT creative - being a teacher you have to be. But bulletin boards, cutesy posters and pretty homemade flashcards were never my strength. With the discovery of Pinterest though, my whole world changed. The creativity I have had inside me all along, but hadn't really seen since I was a kid or a first year teacher, was unleashed.
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| Veggie Turkey |
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| Pokemon Snacks |
Pinterest, for me, acts as a spring board for ideas. It is here that I learned about my desire to make themed food. Hence, my "veggie turkey" for Thanksgiving, dreidel treats made from chocolate kisses for Hanukkah, a watermelon cut up to look like a frog to represent the plagues for Passover and Pokemon related snacks for a school tech fair party.
It has also made me a better mom. My kids have had gone dressed to school for book character day as Fly Guy, Pippi Longstocking, and Pete the Cat. Not only do I feel good about their outfits, they feel GREAT! And I couldn't be happier to send them to school confident and excited about what they love to read. Pinterest is also responsible for assisting me coming up with ideas for at home crafting, STEM challenges, and makerspace projects.
And of course I have perused Pinterst for countless ideas for work. The Media Center benefits from my Pinterest use because now I am inspired to make cool bulletin boards, book displays, and get thousands of ideas for Marvelous Mornings, where I greet kids each morning before school.
So what I am thankful for this year?
I guess Pinterest is the simple answer.
The more complicated, introspective one,
is that I am thankful to
be in a world,
work in an environment,
and live in a home,
where creativty is valued, and celebrated,
and most importantly - shared!
I guess Pinterest is the simple answer.
The more complicated, introspective one,
is that I am thankful to
be in a world,
work in an environment,
and live in a home,
where creativty is valued, and celebrated,
and most importantly - shared!