“Neo” from the Greek is new. “Logos” from the Greek is word. Put them together and what do you get? neologism A new word. So what better place to end our month of celebrating words. Yes, that’s right, we made…

Our new catagory, Idea Share will be just that…a place to share ideas that we love. Quick little posts about quick little ideas that will make teaching and learning a little easier or little more special. The styrofoam and paperboard…

We live in a colorful world. It all begins with a never ending profusion of nuclear explosions in our sun. Eight minutes later all that radiation arrives at the earth in the form of electo-magnetic waves. Outside we are engulfed…

Love is a mouse with a big name, Wolfgang Amadeus Mouse, whose favorite pastime is listening to Mrs. Honeybee play the piano. Love is Miss Agnes who packs away the old textbooks, hangs up the children’s brightly colored artwork, plays…

Blake has been in a student in my writing workshop for 9 years. His hand goes up like clockwork each spring, "When can we have a spelling bee?" My response in the past has been a nod and a smile,…

When they asked me, "Would you go to Treasure Island?" I said, "Why wouldn't I? I mean, who doesn't want to follow Jim to that small abandoned island entrusted to protecting a treasure put there hundreds of years ago by…

The public library is a magical place for me and my three year-old—a wonderland of books. The stacks towering with every subject (trucks and trains are a current favorite), every size, every thickness, every color. And free for the taking…

I was alone with my youngest son on a blustery Wednesday. All was cozy until I notice the symptoms of boredom surfacing. Honestly, I was hoping that imagination would entertain Søren, that I could tackle my never-ending stacks of work,…

Most people agree that pinewood derby cars fall into two classes: those obviously made by kids and those obviously made by parents. A few years ago two of my sons built winning cars that fell into the kid made category…

I didn’t really need anything from the market that day. What I really needed was a diversion from my work. Sad but true, Trader Joe’s did the trick. All was going according to plan until I noticed a display near…