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Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives – How Reading-Aloud Made Me the Teacher and Person I Am Today by Jennie Fitzkee

Thank you, Sally, for sharing my story of reading aloud.

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Quotations on Teaching

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://pixabay.com) “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”                                                                              Aristotle ? (https://en.wikipedia.org) “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”                                                                             Malala Yousafzai ? (https://pixabay.com) “Share…

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Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives -The Best Book, Every Year by Jennie Fitzkee

Thank you, Sally. This post is the heart of my teaching young children. Reading aloud chapter books, especially Charlotte’s Web, makes a world of difference.

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The magic of storytelling

Originally posted on Norah Colvin:
Telling stories to and with young children has many benefits. Including other things, it helps to develop: relationships with the storyteller and other listeners language – vocabulary, language structure, imagery understanding of narrative structure as…

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Quotations on Character

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://commons.wikimedia.org) “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”                      …

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Beautiful art…was created by human beings just like you… Maya Angelou QUOTE FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)

Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha…

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Quotations on Books!

Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing:
(https://pixabay.com) ? (https://pixabay.com) “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”                                  …

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Christmas Eve

“Where the Treetops Glisten”

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As the Clock Struck Noon

Today I was a small part of honoring those who have served and given the ultimate sacrifice.  A wreath was laid at Arlington National Cemetery at noon.  Simultaneously, cemeteries across America participated in the same wreath laying ceremony.  It was … Continue reading

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Practice What You Preach #FridayThoughts

Words of wisdom from Ritu, a teacher and a mother.

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