Mother's Day is all about love... ...a beautiful, powerful love. Mother's Day is a time to celebrate all those moments of love,...

It's Earth Day Beach Ball fun time! I've got my Earth Day medallion and my Earth Day poster.  What more could I want?   Ea...

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My class wrote a communal poem on a...skunk: Great stuff!   Here’s how we got there. Earlier in the day, we’d read a Scholas...

Sight words are hard to learn.   That’s why I make them fun… …and easy! Let’s face it, sight word drills are not the most fun thing ...

Some kids struggle with sight words.   That’s a fact. Whether dyslexia, ADHD, maturational un-readiness, or some other factor is in...

If each of your students wrote an Earth poem, no two would be the same.   That’s because you showed them how to tap into their inne...

Earth is a beautiful thing. On Earth Day we’ll create Earth Medallions .   It reminds us that Earth is beautiful—like a work of art,...

It’s Poetry Month!   Everyone’s dusting off their similes.   So come on, let’s shine one up: Earth is like a boat… …because t...

April is poetry month.  But... I love teaching my 5-year-olds that they can see the world through a poet’s eyes ALL the time—not jus...