Tag: creativity

• Book Review: Janie Writes a Play by Heidi E. Y. Stemple and illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight

  For those of you who have been following my book reviews, this will be a bit different for you. Today I read a book to be published on February 11, 2025, a children’s picture book with only 40 pages, short paragraphs on each page, and bright, colorful illustrations on every page. This is a bit…

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  September 3, 2024

  books, Essay

  book-review, books, Charlesbridge Publishers, creativity, education, essays, Heidi Stemple, imagination, Jane Yolen, Janie Writes a Play, language arts, library, literature, Madelyn Goodnight, middle school, museum, NetGalley, plays, reading, Suzy and Leah, teaching, theater, theatre, writer, writing

• Drowning, But Don’t Save Me — Yet

  At the annual Back to School Night last week I introduced myself to the parents of my 7th graders with my usual background information: “This is my 9th year teaching and my 9th year at this school. I came to education as a second career after twenty years in the legal field. After leaving my…

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  September 20, 2015

  Essay

  back to school, Belgium, creativity, English, grading, international school, language arts, library, middle school, reading, real estate, retired, retirement, St. John’s International School, teaching, theatre, Waterloo, writing