I'm guessing you're here because you miss that feeling of coming to work ready, inspired and confident in your lesson plans.

If you’re anything like me, you have high hopes each morning after listening to your pump-up playlist (or favourite podcast) on your way to work and enjoying your delicious cup of coffee. Then *bam* you arrive at school and you forgot to prep for your day before you left yesterday afternoon.

Let me guess, you enjoyed your weekend and didn't think about school once but now it's Sunday night and you can't remember what you taught on Friday. Whoops…

I’m so glad you enjoyed your weekend! You absolutely need to do that (every weekend) and even better if you get outside into nature! Your self care is more important than anything else and your students will be excited to hear about your adventures!  Your students will also be happy coming to school knowing what projects they are working on because there is well thought-out and purposeful planning behind their learning. Every step of their learning journey has already been considered, written down, saved and adjusted so there are fewer single lessons and, instead, engaging cross-curricular projects are in the works.

Okay, I think I know why! You're new to Grade Two and you're ready to learn this new curriculum!

Here’s the fun part! I’m a Grade Two French Immersion Teacher (most recently Grade Three but I LOVE Grade Two and my heart is still there) and I believe that students should love to come to school ready to co-create and experience learning in positive ways. 

Starting with a confident and happy teacher.

I take pride in providing students with the best learning possibilities and truly understanding how students learn. I’ve created Series, from the curriculum, with target lessons that are best for them and you because learning is more than a one time lesson. 

Learning happens when students are in charge of their thinking and wondering. That’s where the magic happens.

Hi. I’m Taryn.

Most days, you can find me in leggings with smudged glasses and a messy bun, working in my office with a smile on my face, too many tabs open and my pup on his floppy pillow beside me. Plus, I’ve always got my water bottle filled up and a snack of some kind (usually fruit and chocolate chips) working on my next big idea.

I’m a storyteller, I love beautiful things - mostly photos I wish I could take. I love to travel - mostly road trips and camping, ideally along the ocean. I love to write - but never seem to find the time to get it down on paper. I love to create and explore ideas while teaching my students. And lately I’ve been craving connection, on a deep, deep level.

 

 A Few Fun Facts…

 

01. I’ll always watch a crime show.

My go-to tv shows are espionage thriller, crime drama, mystery criminal, bank roberies; anything that completely removes me from my actual reality.

02. I know that rest is important to me.

Learning that rest can be more than sitting on the couch changed my life. For me, rest looks like cooking for my family (not meal prepping), reading cheesy romance novels, working out with my small town Crossfit community, snuggling my babies, being outside in any weather and connecting with my besties regularly.

03. I love helping teachers like you!

For as long as I can remember, I can come up with ideas on how to teach something without too much thought. I always figured every teacher did that. It wasn't until I started 'doing my own thing' in my classroom that other teachers started to notice and ask where I got my ideas from.