What Are Your Teaching Ingredients? {A Linky Recipe!}
The other day I had someone ask me what my blog name meant or stood for. It’s not a question I get very often but I always have fun explaining the meaning behind it, so I thought I would write a blog post about it!
When I first opened the Blogger screen on my computer almost three and a half years ago, I stared and stared at the URL line. A non-teaching friend tried to help me come up with a name and asked me a simple question: “What is the most important thing a teacher needs to have?” If you are a teacher, you know how hard that question is to answer. THE most important thing?! We need a bazillion qualities or characteristics to be a successful teacher.
“I don’t know… there’s a lot of things that you need to have, all mixed together,” I told her. That was when my blog idea hit me – a teacher mixes in TONS of ingredients in order to get the perfect “recipe” for success. The ingredients for teaching is like baking a cake. If you put in too much flour, the cake will be too dry. If you have too much sugar, the cake will flop. Similarly, if you leave “fun” out of the classroom, your students will miss out on understanding what it feels like when learning and joy collide. If you spend too much time directly teaching your students, your students will find it difficult to think for themselves. Teaching is a delicate balance and a lot of love definitely needs to go into each and every child’s individual “learning recipe.”
I love this post! I love the way you came up with the name for your blog! You are right.. Every teacher is different and every teacher teaches in a different way! My big ingredient is passion… I believe if you don't have pAssion for what you do, you can't fully enjoy what you do.
Christina, I think you mix your creativity, passion for teaching and zest for life in a big bowl of love and poof!!! Here you are, SWEET as can be! I love you friend!
You are the cutest Christina! This post is so special! I love the quote about the ingredients of a successful classroom. I am going to share this on Facebook and hopefully I can link up later this week!
🙂 Michelle
from Well, Michelle?
Love this linky and the explanation behind your blog name!
~Traci
<a href="www.thebendersbunch.blogspot.com”>The Bender Bunch</a>
Does anyone know why my blog code is showing up like this?
Traci, do you have a space in there somewhere? I think it's broken by a space. Maybe between the a at the beginning and the h?
I love this blog post because it reminds us that teachers are all different and have different ingredients that would pretty much be more successful.
Jasmine Hall
The Dots of Teaching
I love your way of presenting and authentic information I get from your website. I really admire your hard-work in bringing out such important information in user-friendly ways.