The other day I looked at my 2 year old son Camden and said, “Go line up at the door.” OK, so school had just ended and I was obviously still in teacher-mode, but I had a small suspicion that if I kept telling Cam to line up at the door, that I’d probably soon be asking him to raise his hand to speak or rewarding him with five minutes of extra recess if he stayed on task. The truth is, school hadn’t “just ended” for me, but my days as an elementary school teacher had just ended. At least for now. And I was still hanging on, not ready to let that teacher part of me go.
As long as I can remember I have wanted to be a teacher. I even have this picture I drew of myself teaching when I was in 6th grade.
Ironically I ended up teaching 6th grade for 5 years. But I also had another dream my whole life, to be a mom. So, this year is different. I’m done teaching. For now at least.
That’s when the idea for this blog came to me. Literally, I was in bed, trying to sleep (it seems like all my good ideas come to me, roughly 10 seconds before I fall asleep), when I thought, “Why don’t I combine my two passions in life, being a mom and teaching? All my adventures being a mom can be documented as a ‘Mom quote,’ while sporadically I can post about my teaching ideas, AKA ‘teacher notes.'” Voila! My teacher life doesn’t need to end! I can still be a mom and have my teaching life live on #thebestofbothworlds. Sure, I won’t have a classroom, and my only student is the cutest two year old ever, but this will be awesome.
So stay tuned for updates and adventures from the Kwant household as well as teaching ideas coming your way. This will be one wild ride you won’t want to miss!
Mom Quotes and Teacher Notes 