Mother Teacher Scatterbrain

If you read my blog, you may know that I think that
schools should teach kids to code. I have been of this opinion for quite some time now and several months ago, I decided to Google it. In doing this, I came across a tool called Scratch. Today, for an assignment in my EdS program, I finally got the chance to try Scratch, a tool developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  It is actually a programming language designed for children to learn to use code to create animations, stories, and games. At first I had a bit of a time figuring it out, but eventually, I got the hang of some of it.  So there are some things called blocks that you clip together like Legos to make your little creature move. I went through the tutorial provided and then tried some on my own.  I am so stoked!  I am totally a teacher geek!  I am so going to learn to code.  Here is my first project.  You probably cannot view it from a mobile device, especially an Apple one.  (Just FYI).  I am so excited!

In an effort to be more healthy, one of my goals is to find five to seven go-to recipes that are healthy. So, I have been subscribing to SkinnyTaste.com for a while now and figure that now is as good a time as any to begin trying recipes. So, I skimmed the archives (and boy are there archives!) and found some recipes that interest me. So over the next few weeks, I will try these recipes and tell you how they taste. (In case you couldn't figure, I love Mexican foods! I also enjoy fast food and soul food.  So I will be looking for recipes for these, too.  And I will tell you how they are.)

One of my new favorite blogs is that of Mama Lisa. This blog is the most amazing collection of children's songs I have ever seen. This lady has collected songs from all over the world in so any languages. What is more, she has the translated into other languages. So she may have a French lullaby featured. Then the lyrics may be available in English and Spanish. What I really appreciate about this site is that there are even songs even less popular languages and dialects. An added bonus is that she has take the time to locate or provide audio or visuals for many sngs so that you can hear them performed.

I absolutely love the International Digital Children's Library! This is a collection of digital picture books for children in all different languages. 

I cannot express how valuable a resource this is for anyone with an Internet connection has so many books to read with their child no matter what language.

I intend to use this site to read to my son and to learn to read in foreign languages.