One of the reasons I started blogging was to learn more about the writing process. I spent my days teaching children to live like writers, but when it came to my own writing, it wasn’t much of a writerly life. Sure I would make grocery lists, write parent letters, and send emails but I didn’t
We don’t do a lot of prompt writing in kindergarten, but several times each year we ask all kindergarten students to write on a common prompt. Most kids have lots to tell when they return to school after the Winter break. Here’s the writing prompt we used this week. Over Winter Break writing promptvar docstoc_docid=”141170948″;var
My kids know that during the summer, we’ll be having Summer School. That’s what happens when your mom is a teacher. I try to keep their learning experiences fun. I don’t want to force them to sit down and complete workbook pages. I want them to experience real life learning. One thing I love to
My daughter’s first grade teacher asked them to write about something they were looking forward to this summer. Here’s her response. I am going to my uncle’s farm. It will be fun. I just about melted when I read that. I think it’s the sweetest thing ever. My kids love going over to the farm. It’s
Yep, my daughter is a published author. Her first addition, hardbound book, arrived in the mail yesterday. She dedicated her book to her family. Awww. Ok, so the truth is, I found this GREAT website, run by Barnes and Noble. It’s called Tikatok. I showed it to my daughter and we were able to read several