NEW NAME! Precious Bilinguals

HOLA!!!

This Summer I've been connecting with more teachers around the country thanks to the #TeachersFollowLoops! This made me think about my name. Well when I first started working/creating on my little online world, I was teaching FIRST! I LOVED being a first grade teacher and I didn't think I was going to move anytime soon so I launched my brand "Magically in First".

A year and a few months later a milestone in my life happened, I got married and moved to a new State (NC to TN). Well with the craziness of setting up our new apartment and writing the what felt like a MILLION wedding thank you's I applied to 3 school districts near me. Time passed and I realized that Tennessee schools start almost 3 weeks BEFORE North Carolina schools! To say that I felt discouraged is an understatement. Long story short schools started and I was unemployed, mind you, I have been working since I was 18.

Days passed and I felt lost, only ones giving me divine strength was our wonderful God and my amazing husband.
I checked the school openings every day and sent my resumes straights to the principal's emails, being persistent paid off! 2 weeks into the school year I checked the openings for Nashville and I found a position as a 2nd grade teacher at a Spanish Immersion School (this is the ONLY public elementary school with this program)...I was in awe, I've always wanted to teach Spanish! So I went ahead and emailed my resume and left everything in God's hands, and He really works fast! Got a call, went to the interview, was offered the position and started working once the paperwork went through!

I know, so much blah blah blah...well this experience helped me grow in my faith and made me a stronger believer, the more I share this story the more my faith increases in the Lord!

Well I'm about to start my 3rd year at this school and I LOVE it! It is literally my dream job and I love being able to teach English speakers Spanish!

Here is where my new name comes into play. I started thinking about what I'm teaching and what I like so I new I wanted something with Spanish or bilinguals. Yesterday a lightbulb light up and PRECIOUS BILINGUALS was born!
I can't wait to create more Spanish resources (I usually create my own stuff so I just need to post them ;) )

Thank you for stinking with me till the end of this post :)

Nashville!

Hi all!

It's been a while since my last post. I 'm blogging while watching the World cup! Anyone else hooked?
This post was inspired by #TPTNashville18! I live in Nashville but cannot go! :(  However, for those attending and would like to see beautiful murals I have some ideas!

Where? 12th South!     

Why? You can park and walk! Keep your eyes open because some murals are hiding :) 

Believe - Midtown Fellowship Church - 12th Ave & Caruthers Ave SB

Flower Market - I know is not a mural, but at this location you will always find locals! They switch the produce depending on the season! I went in May so they had flowers. Sept + Oct = Pumpkins! 

Nashville Looks Good On You - Behind Frothy Monkey! - 2509 12th Ave S

Rockstar Tongue? - In front of I Believe in Nashville Mural - 2702 12th Ave S

ICONIC I Believe in Nashville - In front of Draper James -  2702 12th Ave S

Flowers - On the side of Green Pea Salon - 2900 12th Ave S.

Doughnuts - Five Daughters Bakery - 1110 Caruthers Ave.

Where? The Gulch! 

Why? Is so hip and nice! Besides here you can find the know #whatLiftsYou Mural! 

Colors - The Gulch Parking - 11th Avenue and Laurel St. 

Greens - The Gulch Parking - 11th Avenue and Laurel St. 

If you would like to go to the "Wings" mural no problem! look for Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe - 230 11th Ave S. When I went there was a huge line and the weather was 95 degrees so we decided to go somewhere else :) 

Well these are the murals we got to visit on a beautiful yet HOT day in May! There are tons of restaurants, cafes and shops in these 2 locations! 

Thanks for reading! :) 

Five for Saturday! (YAYYY)

HELLOOO!!! I've had my sweet blog abandoned for some months...I've been so busy adjusting to the married life that I had to take some time off from blogging... :( BUT I'm back!! And I couldn't wait any longer! What a better way to join back the blogging world than to join the BEST Linky party! I'm joining Doodle Bugs Teaching !! These are my 5!

I have very sweet parents this year! On Tuesday I wasn't feeling so well and  I got this letter with a starbucks gift card! My week was made! Little things like this really go a long way!

I teach at a Spanish Immersion school, we speak Spanish during math and science so I created this fun puzzle for my kiddos! I have yet to put it up in my store but I will do it soon! My kids loved it!

Yesterday we had our Fall Party and the kids got to make their own mummy pencil can! My awesome room moms came up with the idea and the kids LOVED IT! Find the tutorial HERE!!!

We are studying Author's Purpose so why not persuade the teacher into buying a haunted house??? Perfect for Halloween! We used the OREO paper from Monica Young! Then we did a draft and finally I gave them the "fancy paper." I did a quick half page writing paper,  grab it from my store for FREE! They came up with amazing stories! Definitely a HIT!

My last one to share is a snap of my classroom door! I love walking into my room! Is not much decor but I love everything! I mean look at that Carolina BLUE pumpkin with my New Initial!! 

Well friends, thanks for stopping by! I will be blogging more often now! So come back!! 

:) 

Hello August!

You guys! I got a new job! It has been so surreal! As you have seen in the previous posts I got married this Summer and I moved to Tennessee! After looking and applying to several job openings I didn't think I was going to teach this school year...UNTIL ... it happened! My dream came true, I got offered a position at a Spanish Immersion school and I am teaching SECOND GRADE! I LOVE IT! I started teaching TWO weeks after the school started...so I am still getting my room ready WHILE I teach routines and curriculum. It is hard but possible, I will soon post pictures of the class, but I need to make it my own :)

:)

Tell All Tuesday...Summer Snapshot!!

Hi guys, happy Tuesday!!! I'm linking up again with the ladies from Tach Talk Inspire and My Day in K! I am loving the theme this week, Summer Snapshot! Here is my Snap! :)

It was REALLY HARD to pick one snap... but I LOVE this picture! As many of you know I married my best friend this Summer, life is good! This snap however is from our honeymoon in Punta Cana! We loved the beautiful clear blue water and the weather! Ah It was simply beautiful! I really recommend this place if you are looking for a caribbean getaway! Let me show you some more pictures :)

Well here you go! These are my snaps! :) Thanks for stopping by!

Tell All Tuesday : 2 Truths and a Lie

Last year I spent my Summer in my beautiful home country Colombia and the only thing that kept me on my laptop was this linky! I loved it! I'm so glad My Day in K and Teach Talk Inspire brought Tell All Tuesday Back!!!!! :)

This week the topic is 2 truths and 1 lie! Guess my lie :) Let's Play!

1. I met my husband at a college frat party.

2. I am a hardcore Harry Potter fan. 

3. I rather eat steak than chicken. 

Here they are! Very straight forward but man it was hard to pick my lie ;) Can't wait to see your posts! Check back to see which one is the lie!

5 for Saturday! :) ~~~ NEWSSS

Well...HELLOOOOO!!! :)

I feel so so sooo bad for having my little blog abandoned for quite some months, BIG things happened and I didn't have time to blog :( BUT here I am! BACK!! And what better way to come back to the blogging world than to link up with the fantastic Doodle Bugs Teaching ?? 

First, my brother, my baby graduated from MIDDLE SCHOOL!! How did it happen? Why is time going so fast! I am so excited for him to start high school though! He's going to have a blast! 

My last day at my First school was definitely BITTERSWEET! I loved the class I had this year, they were absolutely great, my teammate was fabulous and I could not say thank you Lord enough! Quick note, the girl at the bottom left picture came to school crying on the first day AND on the last day! She didn't want school to be over! My heart was filled with joy and love. 

I MOVED!!! Yes, I Moved to the beautiful TENNESSEE! It happened and I'm stoked to see what this state will bring! We live 20 minutes out of Nashville!!! AH! :)

I got Married!!! On June 24th I married my best friend! We had the most beautiful wedding and our family and friends celebrated with us! It was absolutely PERFECT! It could not have gone better! I am so blessed and happy to start this journey with my husband! :) 

~~ I will have a separate post dedicated to my wedding ;) 

My 5, last but not least, we went to paradise for our honeymoon! We traveled to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and it was absolutely wonderful! We stayed at an all inclusive resort that looked just like a Castle! I felt like a queen ;) Oh it was just breathtaking! 

Well friends, these are my 5! Thanks for stoping by and check back to see the wedding post! :) 

Five for FRIDAY!!!!

HAPPY FRIDAYYYYY!!! 

I am so glad I get to link with Doodlebugs Teaching! I haven't been linking up much preeetty much because wedding planning is a priority now! (I get married in less than 56 days !!! Anyhow we had a great week in first grade! Check out my five! :)

We finished this week our plants unit! Since we were celebrating all we learned we made a "garden" with shapes on each table! I'm always so impressed with my kids' imagination! 

I LOVE ART! I love painting and lately I have discovered that I can actually draw! "Ms. Parra you draw soooooo good!" - my kids ;) I found a book called Camille and the Sunflowers in the library and it was simply perfect for me! We got to learn a little bit about Van Gogh while talking about flowers! After we read we did a quick direct drawing and this was the result! A beautiful sunflower garden on my wall! :) 

                                

We had a Field Trip!!! ON A WEDNESDAY! It was great! My children had so much fun! We went to a science museum ( I LOVE SCIENCE) hehe I basically love teaching EVERYTHING! I love exploring and getting my kids' hooked! This museum lets them explore and is "children - proof" ;) They wore many hats during the trip, from archeologists to architects! 

Today I decided to take teaching OUTSIDE. It was a Gorgeous day and the sun was calling my name hehe! We had an impromptu art session outside, we use finger paint! THEY LOOOVE to paint with their fingers and honestly I do too.

I'm getting married soon!! So my five is actually wedding updates! 

I have sent my wedding invitations and I already started to get our RSVP's! I also designed our wedding guestbook! I love our engagement pictures...so why not using them for our guestbook?? I got it done through Shutterfly (I use this site for everything)!

        

Well friends these are my five! Thanks for stopping by! :)