About the author

 Hello Friends!

 I'm Ms Tippy, or “Nutmeg”.  I've been teaching in the classroom since 1989. I have taught First Grade, Third and Fifth Grades in a wonderful school district in Northern California.  For a time I also taught Science and Computers.  I am an artist as well, and incorporate these passions into my curriculum at school.  I have participated in and created many blogs and websites, some of which are listed on the bottom here.

There is such a strong blog presence in the crafting world; when I created Classroom Hacks in 2008 I was really surprised how hard it was to find teacher blogs.  I dug a bit deeper and found that to just get resources and ideas I had to wade through a lot of pop ups, fake sites, costly sites all for very little return.  There is some GREAT stuff and resources out there!  I didn't have time to waste and I'm guessing you don't either.

This blog is for inspiration and not a political or ranting education blog (there are plenty of those!) Classroom Hacks exists for you to find fun, creative ways to enhance your classroom. I get no money or 'kickbacks' for doing this, just the good feeling of helping other teachers.

After looking at awesome sites like ParentHacks and Whip Up, I decided to create a non-political, teacher, admin, parent friendly site.  A few times a week a new idea is posted.  I get these ideas from my own experiences, co-workers, and teachers (public, private, homeschool and unschool!) from all over the world are sharing ideas!  People just like you!

Submit your own hack here and you could be a published author!

Here are two other sites I created and administrate:

• Material Mama  a podcast and blog about fashion and craft sewing for yourself and your family
• CookiePants  attached parenting advocacy

Thanks so much for your wonderful emails and feedback!

You can find me on Twitter @ClassroomHacks   I realize many school districts have Twitter blocked, so you should be able to find any information here that I share there as well.  You can always direct message me via Twitter with your ideas too!

Cheers!

Comments

[Margaux Moore]

So glad you are back! We love this site and are spreading it around our district in Texas!

[Kathy Greystone]

OMG Meg! This is the greatest blog, just what I was looking for. Keep up the good work and a huge hug and thanks from the teaching world

Kathy from SoCal

[Lori Edeline]

Nutmeg, we love you!!! Keep the faith and good luck with all things. Please keep blogging it is a joy to find. Like a little gift.

Lori Edeline
Ohio