Canoeing at Sprucelands Photo by Amy LV I am still at Sprucelands riding camp with our children, and this week found cano...

Today I feature three poetry books that read well as narratives.  It's fascinating to see the different types of poetry c...

When I taught fifth grade, our class studied light each year.  Every group had a cardboard box with holes at the en...

When I was in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade in the 1970s, I went to a Catholic school in Vestal, NY, named Our Lady of Sorrows...

Yesterday I wrote about how ideas are inside all of us, how we just need to climb ladders to pick them.  'Strange thing is that you ne...

This week, Tricia's "Monday Poetry Stretch" over at The Miss Rumphius Effect asks us to write a poem about homework.  At...

Today marks 10% of my year to write and post a daily children's poem.  It is fascinating how anything can become a ...

Last Friday at Country Parkway Elementary in Williamsville, NY, I was once again struck by the beautiful children who speak and understand...

Today is the final day of TV  Turnoff week.  Last Monday , I had only written one stanza of this poem.  Now, to end the week, I've added...