How I Got Into Creating Teacher Reources

So - I've taken the first step and actually started a blog. The previous posts were taken from Squidoo lenses that I created, but with the change in the tone of this site, my original lenses were locked. The 45 that remain on the site are purely sales lenses with more Amazon links than original text - but who am I to question the powers that be.

I signed up for Teaching Traffic Blog School over the weekend and I am enjoying the tutorials. My goal for now is to make a concerted effort to write posts on this blog on a regular basis. In the past I have started blogs, but they fell by the wayside. I forget where they were. Now I am determined to succeed with this one, even though I know that I am writing for only one follower. Hopefully this will change as I present more of my ideas based on my teaching experience.

I have a store on Teachers Pay Teachers where I sell products that I have created - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Frances-Stanford

The majority of the resources on this site are novel study guides. I have taught most of these myself in the classroom. The ones that I haven't actually tested, but the others have been tested by my daughter and other family members that are teachers. There is an interesting story in how I became involved in creating novel study guides that I want to share with you.

In the late 1990's I was in charge of the Library in addition to my teaching duties. At the end of each school year we had a grant from the school board to purchase new resources for the following September. I was looking through the catalog for S & S Learning and noticed an ad for teacher authors to create resources for the company. I contacted the person named in the ad and the rest is history. My husband and I created a ton of novel study guides and Social Studies resources before deciding to branch out on our own.

I know that I am rambling just filling the page with my thoughts. But I plan to present many free teacher resources for all grades and subjects on this blog for anyone to use.  I welcome all comments and suggestions.

Stay tuned
Frances