What’s your all-time favorite children’s book? Mine? The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson. The Best Author Visit Ever in 2002 How thrilled I was in 2002 when author Barbara Robinson visited my Kindergarten/1st grade classroom. Giddy with excitement, I scribbled pages of notes as she shared with my young readers and writers. […]
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Children want to – and can – help the survivors of Hurricane Helene. Don’t you just love this quote? Fred Rogers gave valuable insights to a generation of children (and their parents) as they faced hard times. For all children today who are trying to make sense of disasters and contribute in a meaningful way,
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What’s the deal with Father’s Day? I believe I’ve struggled more over this blog post than any other. Not because I didn’t have an amazing father though. Read on… Daddy Thankfully, I was blessed with an incredible dad who taught me the value of a penny, created a train visual for me to learn those
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My mom was the kind of parent who packed four lunches, wrapped them in red bandanas, and tied them to the end of poles she’d hunted for. Just so her four kids could saunter out into the woods and picnic there. Mom made everything magical! During my first few years of teaching kindergarten, I lived
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You never say “Yes” to anything. Ever heard of Grey’s Anatomy? Shonda Rhimes is its critically-acclaimed and award-winning creator and executive producer. Although I’m not a television enthusiast, I was struck by the premise in her secular 2015 book, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own
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