I definitely need more happy anticipation in my life right now, so I created my own Someday Soon Jar and will start to write my ideas down. Of course, my jar is an empty tissue box instead of a beautiful glass jar, but I don’t think that matters. What matters is hope and the joy of happy expectation.
Category: growth mindset
Summer of Hummingbirds and Frogs
It is summer and I am vowing to play. Play with my colored pencils and play with my words. It is easy for me to play with words and share them. I've been doing that since I was four-years-old. It is warm and comfortable. It is more difficulty for me to play with drawing because I'm still at the beginner stage. Being a beginner takes boldness. Being a beginner one must cast away the trepidation and dive deep into play with abandon. Like the hummingbird it all starts with a flash of color, like the spring frogs - I've come out of hibernation and am ready to sing!
Summer Mindset: Unwind to Rewind
After this spring of remote learning, I’ve found that I need summer even more. I need that time to unwind to rewind.
Remember
I have been writing this blog every week since April 11th. That is three months and that is a record for me. I love to write, but I have always written in fits and starts. I have hundreds of beautiful notebooks with 3, 5, or 20 pages written in them, but I have rarely filled … Continue reading Remember
Simple Joy
Music, Poetry, Dance, Art, Nature, Food, Friends, Travel - all of these things have given me joy. When Nature, Friends, and Travel were curtailed by COVID-19, I turned to music, poetry, dance and art to keep me joyful in these past bleary months. And so spring came, flowers blossomed, the sky returned to its blissful … Continue reading Simple Joy
Ascent: Sharing Our Stories
This week's Sharing Our Stories prompt from Ruth Ayres was "spreading your wings wider." I thought about her words for a little while. Lately, I've been spreading my wings a little wider each day even though we remain in quarantine. It's funny how being physically inside has made me become more open and wandering within my mind and heart...
Getting Wild in the Wonder Lab
I don’t think I have a very wild life, but I do have a wild mind. A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to be allowed to create a hands-on maker space in my school called the Wonder Lab. It is a place where elementary students come to work on independent projects and … Continue reading Getting Wild in the Wonder Lab
Magic in the Middle
I am in love with words. I don’t know when it happened. It might have started with “Mama.” Words held meaning, and I was eager from the beginning to express myself. Writing is like breathing to me – I cannot differentiate one from the other. When I go long period without writing, it’s like … Continue reading Magic in the Middle
Being Present to Joy
My colleagues worry about not having time enough to teach. They have so much content they need and want to cover. As a curriculum coordinator, I create tons of documents - benchmarks, scope & sequences, lists of standards by grade level to make sure we don't miss teaching one single skill or strategy. This is … Continue reading Being Present to Joy
Seeing Possibility
This post centers around seeing students' possibilities instead of their deficits. When teachers and parents can do that, a student's motivation increases and they are able to become more successful, seeing themselves in a strong and positive light.
Word Dancer: Literature, the Arts, & Education 