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Category Archives: Quotes
Remembering My Mentor and Hero, Jim Trelease
Jim Trelease visiting my classroom. Jim Trelease, the man who put reading-aloud on the map as #1 for children, has died. I had his million copy bestseller book since my kids were little. When I heard him speak at a … Continue reading
Fall and Nature’s Red Fingertips
Fall in New England is beautiful. Spectacular might be a better word. Every year is a marvel for children on the playground at school. We have maple trees. They turn bright red and orange. This year was different. The bright … Continue reading
Posted in E.B. White, Inspiration, Nature, Quotes, Teaching young children, wonder
Tagged E.B. White, Fall, Fall colors, Maple trees
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A Trilogy in Nature
Things happen in threes, right? First there was the silver lining. Have you ever seen clouds with a silver lining? A hummingbird traveled from flower to flower. I never get to capture this on a video, hummingbirds are far too … Continue reading
Posted in E.B. White, Inspiration, Mother Nature, Nature, Quotes, Uncategorized, wonder
Tagged Hummingbirds, Silver lining, Sunlight and shadows, The wonders of Nature
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Colors of the Day – Flowering Tree, Moonrise, Sunset
Pink is exploding on the playground at school. This beauty of a tree is beside the climber. We climbed and looked in wonder. The moonrise on the playground above the tree’s early spring leaves glowed above a perfect circle. Children … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Mother Nature, Nature, Quotes, wonder
Tagged Moonrise, Spring flowering tree petals, Sunset, The colors of nature
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Mother’s Day
Look what bloomed just in time for Mother’s Day. A mother’s love is the sun for growing, the moon for dreaming, and the stars for guiding the way. ~ Barbara Loots~ Happy Mother’s Day. Jennie
Posted in Expressing words and feelings, Giving thanks, Inspiration, Love, Nature, Quotes, wonder
Tagged Blooming nature, Mother's Day
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Music Inspires Art
Children are painting in earnest, working on their own masterpieces, preparing for our annual Art Show. We have studied Van Gogh, Picasso, Kandinsky, Monet and Matisse. The range of art is as diverse as the interests of the children. That’s … Continue reading
Words and Moments of Endearment – They Last a Lifetime
When children leave my class and move on to Pre-K or Kindergarten, we often see each other in the hallway. A wave, a smile, and sometimes a big hug, comes naturally. Those moments are genuine. You can’t make children feel … Continue reading
An Arcing Contrail Against a Full Moon
At school, December has been a month of learning about the planets, stars, and light. We have watched a video of the Atlantis Space Shuttle launch in 1985, and hoped to see the new James Webb telescope launch into space. … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Learning About the World, Nature, Quotes, Teaching young children, wonder
Tagged Carl Sagan, Contrail arc, Full moon, Night sky
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The End, and Also The Beginning
Every moment outside when summer ends is a gift. I hang on tight. I listen to the crickets. I often think of E.B. White when he wrote “Charlotte’s Web.” He knew how precious those last days of summer are. He … Continue reading
An Eric Carle Trilogy
Surely, The Very Hungry Caterpillar was here. Words to live by. The sun – Eric Carle’s most immortalized art. Jennie