Finding Magic in the Bayou. The magic begins on the car ride to the bayou. Perhaps best of all, she meets a wiry, energetic boy called Bear, and the two form a strong bond as they run around, get dirty, and explore the bayou together. Her adventure, or at least her .

Writer and mother, and my gluten free family.

The Adventures of a Black Stay At-Home Mom. 1 My husband has returned from his deployment. 3 I will be starting school in about another week.

Lifelong learning through love of libraries. Library Books Due Back Friday, May 29! Once upon a time. A school library book was lost under a sofa. Everyone thought they knew where it wsa but no one did anything about it. Then one day, a pen rolled under the sofa and the book was rediscovered.

I have been tutoring an awesome little guy 2 days a week this month. I am trying to do lots of fun and hands-on things that relate to real life skills. Here are a few highlights of the activities we have done together. Vowel hunt with fridge magnets and a cookie sheet.

Teaching, Traveling, Thinking and Trying New Things. In our current reading unit, Reading Across Genres to Learn About a Topic, first grade students are working with partners to read about a topic of their choice and developing questions to further research AND compare information in different books.

Saving the World, One Second Grader at a Time! The challenges, cries, and many chuckles of an elementary schoolteacher. So as many of you may already know, Massachusetts has been in the news for how much snow its received in the past three weeks.

His motivation grew 3 sizes that day. When he was able to see beauty, and then to participate in joy by saving the stolen presents, he heart, and his strength grew way out of proportion. Really, the strength of ten Grinches, plus two? It was a rhyme-satisfying exaggeration. His motivation grew three sizes that day.