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My Creativity Comes at Night

I actually went to bed fairly early last night, 10 pm, that's my summer bed time. But as I lay there in the dark with my rain sounds guiding me toward a sweet slumber, my brain kicked into high gear. It started collecting and shaking loose all of the ideas that have been swirling around after reading some really great books (The Classroom Chef, What's Math Got to Do With It, and Teach Like a Pirate). As the clock ticked away, I started imagining my first few days of school. How I would attempt to connect and make them feel comfortable during that first awkward day? What can we do on that first day that will make them look forward to the second? Every question that I asked my brain came back with a engaging and inspired idea. I ran to get a notebook. I needed to jot these ideas down before sleep stole them away.

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