A Year of Reading

This video is fascinating. Take the 7 minutes to watch it. It is about the way we learn, how hard it is to unlearn something you thou...

One of the jobs on Mom's to-do list for me last week was to hem a couple of pairs of pants for her. I should back up to say tha...

Flickr Creative Commons Photo by Freefotouk Our beloved Sunday water aerobics instructor was replaced recently. The class is having a h...

After reading Making Learning Whole  last summer, I really got to thinking about how to make the game of school transparent for my student...

On Tuesday, I introduced my fourth graders to compound sentences. First, we brainstormed nouns and verbs and wrote simple sentences. Then, t...

I've been taking a tai chi class at my health club for about 9 months. I am a slow learner, and most of the time, I'm at peace with...

I had two experiences during spring break last week that have interesting implications for the classroom. 1. I started learning Tai Chi. Th...

One of the books I reread almost every year in August to get myself jived up again for the new school year is Educating Esme by Esme Raji C...

Here's a perfect example of my spot on the continuum of blogging skills that exist in the blogosphere: Alkelda the Gleeful, at Saints a...

We are pleased to announce the birth of a new blog, Creative Literacy , authored by Katie, a primary teacher at Franki's school. Katie ...

I was taking an English course as an independent study in my sophomore or junior year of college. I don't remember why and I don't ...