About two months ago, my husband and I bought a fixer-upper. When we signed away, we knew we had our work ahead of us. No one had lived on the property for over a year, and the lack of love and attention showed. The appliances didn’t work, there was brown water coming out of every … Continue reading Renovations: Expect the Unexpected (and Then Expect More)
I recently attended the NAEYC conference in Anaheim with some of my colleagues. I have been an editor for almost as long as I was a preschool teacher (15 years) but anyone who knows me will tell you that I am a preschool teacher at heart. I am in my element at the NAEYC conference, … Continue reading Highlights from NAEYC 2010
Earlier this year when I edited the Internet Literacy books and learned about different ways to use blogs in the classroom, I started thinking it would be fun to create a blog to communicate with my nephews. I knew that I would enjoy creating content for them and that they would enjoy having a site … Continue reading Yup, My Dog Has a Blog
It was a sea of hot pink, quite wonderful really, that sea of pink. Just looking at it brought a surge of joy to my heart. For every woman wearing a hot pink tee shirt was a breast cancer survivor. There were over 1,000 survivors on stage for the Survivor’s Tribute at the Susan G. … Continue reading In a Sea of Hot Pink