I got stuck trying to write the word coupon last week. If I had followed the advice of my elementary teachers I would have sounded it out which would have left me writing qupon. I knew that was wrong. I remembered it started with a c—so cupon made sense to me. But I...
Little did I know when my friend and I entered the lunch room that she was about to forever change how I learned to spell. Once we were seated with our food trays my friend pulled a napkin out of the dispenser and pulled a pen out of her purse. “Esther, do you know...
If I had known the transformation that was about to occur, I would not have dreaded my required “Kiddy Lit” class in college. Officially, Children’s Literature was a block class which only met for a few weeks. However, the course work included a daunting list of...
When I was 11 my parents decided to take us on the mother of all road trips. I’m not sure why the road trip was connected with writing in my mom’s mind, but it was. She bought me a notebook and encouraged me to write, as she did, about where we were going and what we...
Hand signals have worked for me with both lower and upper elementary students. I have used some of these on occasion in ministry contexts with middle school and high school. I’m guessing you can find an application in the home as well. Be aware that some hand signals...
