Technology lessons and puppy love on Isle au Haut!

After our Hat Day festivities on Isle au Haut we got down to some school business... 

Starting with some MAJOR puppy love for Miss Millie! I had no idea how much these sweet boys were going to love my dog, but it made me love them even more (something I didn't know was possible, I have always had a big soft spot for those cute, quiet Isle au Haut boys!

Millie seemed quite happy and relaxed in this school house.

As Millie napped, the boys and I did some technology lessons on their laptops... I taught them how to upload movies on to their book group wikis and to change their username photo! A VERY important task for student in middle school!

We also explored how the kids can create their own school website using google sites! They were able to log onto their outerislandstlc email accounts and then create a collaborative Isle au Haut School website! So fun and they learned how to use google sites SO quickly!

After our tech lesson it was time for more Millie time!

Millie does not look like she is enjoying herself one, teeny, tiny bit!

This fifth grader seemed to fall head over heels for Miss Millie. He would take, what he called, "Millie Minutes" where he would complete a task that Ms. G gave him and then reward himself with one minute on the carpet with Millie. Say what you will, but I think this guy got a LOT accomplished with this reward system in place.

Here are some love notes Millie and I got. Pretty stinkin' sweet if you ask me.

Back to more technology lessons! This time I taught the boys how to upload videos to youtube so then they could link them from their school website!

The whole gang working on making some videos to upload. Obviously many of the videos involved... you guessed it, MILLIE!

Group picture outside of school on my last afternoon with the boys. 

And our goofy picture!

Thanks Isle au Haut boys for all your love, fun, and hard work! You are one heck of a group and I love having you in the TLC family! 

Spirit Week - Hat Day on Isle au Haut

I island hopped over to Isle au Haut for Hat Day of Spirit Week! How fun was it to share Spirit Week with TWO different TLC schools!

The Isle au Haut school is a mighty fine school!

Look at Ms. G's bright and sunny hat! Sure added a little cheer to a dreary island day!

Millie was VERY excited to be at the Isle au Haut school, but she was not so excited about her giraffe hat.

The Isle au Haut boys were ready to share their hats with all their TLC pals on the Polyberg!

Here is the fabulous, Elise, adorning her lovely beach hat. 

Hard to even tell who this guy is on Monhegan with his full face mask and ski helmet! What a hat day outfit!

I think my favorite hat award goes to this kindergartner on Monhegan.

And the rest of Monhegan contingency looked quite stylish in their hats!

Here's the Cliff Island gang decked out in TLC hat day spirit! Whose that good lookin' blond in the back!? She is one hot mama!

And the Ashley Bryan School had full participation for hat day as well! It was fun seeing them on the Polyberg, after being in their school the day before (I kind of missed them already!)

Aw, Matinicus looked awesome in their fun and funky hats!

This fourth grader on Matinicus sprouted antlers in honor of hat day! What dedication.

And this ABS third grader created his own crazy hat to show his spirit!

I loved seeing the Isle au Haut gang up close and personal in all of their festive hats.

This sixth grader looked like Ms. G with his hat... the hair matched Ms. G's perfectly!

This guys hat hair kind of resembled Elmo's!

And this kiddo created his own last minute "knitting bag hat" to show the group!

Not only did this fifth grader have a super cool hat to share, but he also had a super cool swagger when he modeled his head wear!

And of course Ms. G had to show off her fabulous hat with all of it's fabulous decorative pins!

I loved this Angry Bird hat worn by one of the students on Frenchboro. 

And a brother/sister hat duo on Frenchboro!

And an adorable mother/son duo as well! So much fun!

Lastly, Elise showed off her pug, Bentley's, cute little beanie hat! I love that even our animals get in on TLC Spirit Week! We sure know how to have fun!

Spirit Week - Twin/Triplet Day at the Ashley Bryan School!

For our second day of our TLC spirit week we had a new theme... TWIN/TRIPLET DAY! I think I was MOST excited about this day... 

And Millie was too! She got to be twins with her new BFF, Ruby! Can you even tell them apart!?

TLC twinsies!

When I got to the Ashley Bryan School that morning I kept thinking I was seeing DOUBLE! Their were twins EVERYWHERE! Look at these two cute twin girls!

And it looks like we have a some triplets on our hands as well! Camo triplets no less!

Of course the teachers had to get in on the fun! Ms. Donna, Ms. Lindsay and I were the pregnant TLC triplets! Hard to tell which one is really pregnant, huh!? Well, we actually had a pregnant quadruplet as well... but we had to wait for our TLC polyberg check-in to see who that was...

Yep, that's right... Mr. H on Cliff Island was our quadruplet! Isn't he glowing!?

During our TLC check in on the Polyberg we had all the twin and triplets stand up and show off their matching outfits!

On Monhegan the first grader and pre-schoolers were triplets with someone special on another island...

Their triplet was Heidi on Cliff! Good like Heidi often acts like a first grader/pre-schooler; she was a perfect fit!

Mary and the other pre-schooler on Monhegan were twins! Aren't they adorable!?

And these two camo ABS students were triplets with...

...this camo seventh grader on Monhegan! Don't you just love all of our virtual twins and triplets!?

Brother twins on Isle au Haut!

And teacher twins on Isle au Haut! Love the pig tails!

All of the Cliff kids looked to be twins and triplets! Matchy, matchy!

We have some flannel twins on Matinicus!

And super cute seventh grade and kindergarten twins on Matinicus!

The Frenchboro school had a pretty easy time all looking like eachother since they are all related! So cute!

Showing off their outfits at ABS!

Time for the puppies to show off their outfits too!

These two ABS third graders really are twins, so for twin day they decided to dress up as one another! They looked AMAZING!

Twin boys and twin dogs!

Then it was time to dress up Millie even more! Nothing like dressing up for Spirit Week! Such a blast and it was such fun to be at the Ashley Bryan School for the beginning of Spirit Week. Thanks ABS students and teachers for having me and Millie! You guys are just the best!

Last Book Groups of the Trimester!

Not only did we have TLC spirit week last week but we also had the last book group meetings of the trimester! 

The kids at the Ashley Bryan School were working on their final projects for their book groups! They were planning on sharing their projects with their group on skype and the polyberg!

This 5th grade ABS student works on a project for the book The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson! She gives that book group two thumbs up!

Here is the "youngers" book group meeting for one of their final times!

And the "middles" group sharing their projects!

There's Ms. G on Isle au Haut leading her group via skype! She is so techy!

One of the ABS first graders drawing a picture of Flat Stanley for her book group! He looks so cute!

And another ABS first grader sharing his picture with the rest of his group on the Polyberg.

The last meetings of the trimester!

Cute little guy on Frenchboro talking about his final project!

I love the hand raising! What other first graders do you know who can take directions from a teacher that is separate from them by miles of ocean! So cool.

And another book group via Zoom.us, our new favorite form of technology!

Mr. H. and his fourth grader on Cliff participating in their final book group!

It was a great trimester of reading for everyone! Round of applause for all the book groups! Can't wait to see what everyone will be reading NEXT trimester!

Spirit Week - Pajama Day at the Ashley Bryan School!

We were VERY excited to have our second annual TLC SPIRIT WEEK last week! It was the first planned activity the TLC student council organized this year and boy, was it fun! The student council brainstormed ideas for the different theme days and then had the rest of the TLC students vote on which they liked best! What a democratic society this group is!

The results came back to the student council and they then organized the week with a different theme everyday. The first theme day of spirit week was an oldy but goody... PAJAMA DAY!

Millie and I were on Islesford for Pajama Day and we were VERY excited to wear our jammies to the Ashley Bryan School! How fun.

Miss Donna's dog, Ruby, also found some jammies to wear. Aren't they cute!?

As we walked to school we were BOMBARDED by the ABS kids! Man, was I excited to see those happy little faces! The Ashley Bryan kids and I go wayyyy back! They were some of the first kids I really got to know in the TLC and I have just loved watching them grow up over the last three years!

Everyone had their jammies on for Pajama Day!

Who wouldn't want to start their week in their jammies with a bunch of awesome kids!?

During morning meeting both Ruby and Millie got to participate during greeting time. Each student (and teacher) shook the dogs hands! What lucky little canines!

After morning meeting we had to measure Ms. Eysnogle's tummy to see how much her little baby Lucy (our first TLC baby!) grew! Notice that both Ms. Eysnogle and Ms. Donna were in their jammies! Lots of spirit!

Before we knew it, it was time for our TLC spirit week check-in with the rest of the schools so we could all see everyone's spirit-filled outfits!

The Ashley Bryan School gave a little catwalk fashion show of all their pajama outfits!

Here's is Cliff Island looking mighty comfy in their PJs.

And Matinicus looks cozy as well! Their teacher, Pam, even brought her favorite stuffed animal in for Pajama Day! Extra spirit points to her!

The Frenchboro School stood on their chairs to show off their awesome jim-jams!

But it was Lisa on Isle au Haut who won the most TLC spirit points! She even wore curlers in her hair!

The whole Isle au Haut gang had some awesome looking pajama outfits.

We ended our share time with some jammie dancing!

After our share time the ABS kids did some work and then before I knew it, it was time for outdoor recess! And really, what could be better then outdoor recess?!

Outdoor recess in your jammies of course!!!

This one was riding in the wee little swing! She looks a little squished!

Ut oh! Time to head inside!

Back to work. Work is not as fun as recess, even if you are in your jammies.

But one of the cute ABS kids wrote this fabulous piece about his favorite animals, including Ruby and Millie!

Talk about motivation for writing... he had his writing muses in class with him!

After more morning work it was time for lunch and another round of recess, Millie's favorite!

Millie's second favorite is reading time...

Because reading time means snuggle time with a whole lot of comfy, cozy children who all happen to be in their PAJAMAS!

I mean, really, can you even stand it!?

I, myself, also had a fabulous reading partner! So much fun to be in the ABS classroom!

By the end of the day we were all exhausted! Good thing we were all ready for bed already with our pajamas on! Can't wait for day two of spirit week!