The children

Children ; Love ; The cute factor ; The fourth R ; Melt ; Recess and lunchtime and field trips, oh my! ; The hat ; The classroom

The only perfect moment ; The classroom home ; The first day of school ; Door time ; The box ; Pinterest perfect ; Baseball, hotdogs, reading rugs, and show-and-tell ; Gone with the overhead projector ; The curriculum

Smart ; Words ; A word about reading ; Reading aloud to children ; My favorite reading strategy ; Writing time ; A word about math ; Talking to learn ; Grammar lessons ; A word about geography ; The case for cursive ; Singing with children ; Art lessons ; Indent your teaching ; Putting on a play ; Enrichment ; The craft

Teachers as artists ; Teachable moments ; Teacher shoppers ; Personal teaching ; Laughter and learning ; Teacher says ; Teacher mode ; Thank you ; Creativity ; Fun ; Frosting ; The superpower ; Whoa! ; Engineer the unexpected ; Hands ; The Steinway of strategies ; Teaching truths ; Polish ; Colleagues, parents, and mentors

Parents ; Principals and principles ; New teacher ; 1,001 back to school nights ; Influence ; The challenges

The back-to-school blues ; Teacher heart ; The November wall ; Beating the bullies ; 'Twas the week before winter break ; Teacher tired ; Popsicle tulips ; The testing speech ; Screening the screens ; Teacher tears ; Smondays ; Frozen ; Spark ; Closing thoughts

The last day ; Afterword.