100 Day Project – Day 33 – 4:16 p.m. I am grateful for this, / a moment of truth, / grateful to stand before You / in judgment. / You know me as a liar / and I am flooded with relief / to have my darkest self / exposed at last. / Every […]
Entries from October 8th, 2011
100 Day Project – Day 33 – a sweet year
October 8th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Musings, Quote of the Week
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100 Day Project – Day 32 – Play
October 7th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, family, Musings, Play
The three day weekend starting tomorrow reminds me of the importance of play for adults! Next week in my Introduction to Early Childhood Education, we’ll talk about play: what it is, the stages of play, how to support it, how to help children who don’t have a multiple assortment of ways to do it, and […]
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100 Day Project – Day 31 – Llama llama!
October 6th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Books, Children, College students, Fundraiser, Reading, Teaching & Learning, Website of the Week, Work
100 Day Project – Day 31 – 8:57 p.m. Today I read Llama Llama Red Pajama – not once – but twice! Did you? As part of JumpStart’s Read for the Record Program, I enjoyed reading the book to a group of early childhood pre-service teachers, and a group of women who donated books and […]
100 Day Project – Day 30 – Steve Jobs
October 5th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, family, Important People, Musings, Website of the Week
Apple’s Board of Directors wrote: We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today (Weds Oct 5, 2011) Steve’s brilliance, passion, and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, […]
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100 Day Project – Day 29 – Less is More
October 4th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Musings, Reading, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 29 – 8:03 p.m. Less is more in so many ways in life. Today, personally, I could sure do with less grief. Too much to explain, but too many losses too quickly in the last three months. Professionally, less is more in terms of my assigned readings for my classes […]
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