On March 13th of last year, I said “so long for now” to my transitional kindergarteners/kindergarteners in Los Angeles.   It was supposed ...

Howdy, Campers, and Happy Poetry Friday! (The link to PF are below) This round, we’re sharing “Matters of the Heart”💕. Esther starts us off...

Happy Poetry Friday ! Today I share two original haiku as I continue our series on "matters of the heart." Esther kicked off this ...

 What keeps my writer's heart going? Here is what I almost wrote: Nothing keeps my writer's heart going. My writer's heart flatl...

Life has gotten a bit too demanding of late. Just wanted to let you know that I'll be taking a hiatus from Teaching Authors for a bit wh...

This time around, and this being February, we TeachingAuthors  celebrate All Things Of, By and For the Heart that keep our own  hearts cre...

 Children tell stories. It’s what they do. It’s how they make sense of their world. If you lean in closely and really listen to a young chil...

. Howdy, Campers and Happy Poetry Friday!  My poem and the link to today's Poetry Friday's host is below. The question TeachingAutho...

Happy Poetry Friday! I share a found poem I created at the end of this post. As Mary Ann mentioned last week , we've kicked off this yea...