Christy Serra-Gandara, Homeschool Holiday

Christy Serra-Gandara is a Teacher Contributor for Amped Up Learning. Her store name is, Homeschool Holiday. She creates teacher resources for grade levels 3-5. She has an amazing assortment of fun, academic products!

When Christy's kids were old enough to go to school, she made the decision to homeschool them herself. You will love this story that she shared with me about the beginning of homeschooling her kids. She did not want her kids to call her ‘mom’ all day. It was awkward for her to have them call her ‘Mrs. Gandara’.

So . . . during their first week of school, the kids and Daddy brainstormed together and came up with a special teacher name just for the

 Happy Hive (then the Gandara Bug Academy). - Mrs. Crabtree... the name comes from the teacher in the Little Rascals television show.  One year, her kids wanted to leave the Christmas tree standing, and they did just that. This inspired her! She came up with the idea to base their lessons on the holiday of the day.  She totally loved doing this! This story will help you to see the reason for the type of resources, she creates for teachers.

I have more to share with you about Christy and her store . . . Part 2 coming very soon!