Do you ever have those moments where a big hand reaches out and slaps you across the face while you say, “DUH!”

When I have an announcement that needs to go out to all the parents, I type it up, and hand it out on each lesson day.  Nearly every single time, I miss at least one parent because I forget to send the note out.  Then, the next week is all about interrogating each child to remember if I sent a note home or not.

Here is where the big hand comes in.  With the last note I sent out, I wrote the name of each student on top of each paper.  DUH! 

As expected, I did forget to send the note out with 3 students.  But now I know exactly which students I need to give the note to this week.

What a relief.