Peregrin House goes to school

Have I mentioned that Mango (that's my husband) is a public school teacher? Well, he is. And his classroom this year has been one gigantic disaster. He's teaching 3 classes he's never taught before, and he was given a truckload of equipment and supplies about 2 days before school started. Now, before you get all excited thinking that's a wonderful thing, please note that these supplies were the leftovers from some departments being dissolved in other schools. In any case, the supplies filled his classroom and he had no room to teach. Furthermore, since he's teaching 3 classes he's never taught before & he has only one prep hour, he has ZERO time for classroom cleaning and organizing. SO, today Peregrin House went to school. Mane and I packed up our lunches and school supplies and went to clean the classroom. Mango teaches in another classroom because his is too full of stuff. Our mission was for Mane to learn some things and for the tables to get cleared in the classroom.

Mane took her math test & worked on a phonics workbook we picked up at Target a while ago. We read about constellations, added several pages to her school notebook about our neighborhood, city, state, country, continent, planet, solar system & galaxy. We also read Down, Down the Mountain again, and then Mane practiced reading/writing/spelling on the white board. She also swept the floor & cleaned out cabinets with me!

The big news is that the classroom is clean enough for Mango to be able to teach there now! And we had a fun time being in his workplace all day, chatting with co-workers and students, and having lunch with Mango. It all worked out way better than I thought it would, and we're all feeling proud and accomplished tonight!