Jacqueline Mattmuller

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Innovations

I am so excited about these little nooks to come to Target.

This will be such a unique experience to encounter, especially after watching the little clips from all of the different stores.

What an innovative idea, truly unique and wonderful! :)

(Source: target.com)

Permalink Found these in the freezer section…. taste homemade..if you closed your eyes and I told you I worked all day in the kitchen peeling apples and making this yummy dish you wouldn’t even doubt me. :)
Permalink I love this drawing.  1. Because I have never really talked about my parents let alone their hobbies with my students. 2. Being able to see the stages of development in writing and drawing. 3. This student actually nailed it on the head, My Dad loves golf. :)
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Spelling Words

Why are some words so hard to spell.

Over the past hour I have continued to struggle with spelling the following

crutial ………crucial 

there are so many crazy words in our language. I think so often of how much we take it for granite.- (this one always gets me too!) I know I don’t mean the rock.

It often takes a while for my brain to think of the spelling of a word we type differently than what we usually say. -aka slang.

So when I am saying “we take a lot of things for granite” my brain is frantically scavenging for the right spelling.

granted v.s granite

. weird right? 

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“to do without head
to listen and not to speak
to understand without joy
to love and to marvel
only at Easter and at Christmas.

They tell the child:
to discover the world already there
and of the hundred
they steal ninety-nine.

They tell the child:
that work and play
reality and fantasy
science and imagination
sky and earth
reason and dream
are things
that do not belong together.

And thus they tell the child
that the hundred is not there.
The child says:
No way. The hundred is there.

-Loris Malaguzzi

Reggio Emilia- you got me once again…I so enjoy finding things like these that bring me back to my passion in life. Teaching. It is a great feeling that doesn’t come often but it is always appreciated when I come across something like this poem/quote that makes me think -this is where I belong. Thankful to have found a job I love.

Side note: …..speaking of the warm fuzzies… my student “J” told me as he was laying down for nap ” I love you Ms.Mattmuller.” - my little love bugs are just too precious and sweet. ( I love them more than they know)

Permalink My lovely sprinkled doughnut :) Great project idea!
Permalink The Oscar’s! Very much enjoying :) *I wish Tim Gunn would write a book on how to use rich vocabulary in everyday life. Love to hear him speak! Excited to see tonight’s winners! Always great to see my favorite actor’s and actresses.  *I always feel like this is one time Hollywood becomes modest to a point and is gracious for their awards.
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Permalink I’m ready for spring. I found my spring books for my kids the other day and am very ready now for it to come. I’m trying to be creative this year and think of ways to get the community more involved in a project with our school. One of my favorite books is Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. It’s a beautiful book that takes you through the process of planting a garden. Letting you know that some flowers have to be planted in the fall ( bulbs) and others you can buy at a garden center and watch them grow over the summer. I think it would be wonderful if we could build a little garden area where the children could take responsibility for planting and maintaing plants and flowers. It would be a place where we would gather supplies from local areas and then give back in what grows in our garden. So really a three fold idea. 1. Garden 2. Community 3. Self sustaining/ use what we grow. It definitely needs more thought but in the meantime I am ready for spring to come. :)
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