Pink or Gray
I told myself in college that the sour smelling, faded t-shirts didn’t matter because I was going to sweat anyway. It was the same...
Coloring Books are the Future
For my birthday I was given two different coloring activities. My friend Amy gave me postcards, fairy tale postcards to be exact. My...
Relationships: The Sweetest Thing
My memory is unfailingly short, and today after a coffee outing with my ex high school Spanish teacher and adult language learners, my...
Why Yoga and Early Literacy?!
Now more than ever, the field of education is recognizing the importance of connections between diverse teachers and teaching contexts. ...
Five Great Reads to Expand my Teaching Community
Last spring I posted a list of recommended reads I used to transition back into my teaching frame of mind in the United States after...
I Wish You Words. . . Happy International Literacy Day
Cloth twisted in my hand. It yielded unlike book covers, even my most treasured and folded texts. Anne of Green Gables, my most...
How I spent my summer vacation: Storytimes Around the World
What is multicultural storytime? As a society, as a nation, as a world, we know history because humans are storytellers. A program like...
Happy Birthday! The Start of a New Year
“What do you want for your birthday?” A job? I had lamented the elusiveness of employment enough the past year. René believed that the...
The McGregor versus Martha Stewart Garden and Why It's Okay to Let me Fail
Almost summer, the air is humid, close. The post in the field looks like a faraway dock. There is a too much kind of skunk smell and...