Monthly Archives: August 2017

Back to School: Teachable Moments

Posted on August 29, 2017 by lisakwinkler

Visiting my sister Madeline last week, we took in the eclipse and did some errands before she returned to work as a teacher on Wednesday. She’d been into her classroom several times over the summer, labeling bookshelves, covering bulletin boards, … Continue reading →

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Words Matter

Posted on August 18, 2017 by lisakwinkler

Remember the ditty: “Sticks & Stone will break my bones, But names will never hurt me? My mother would remind my siblings and me that when someone picked on us. Or we picked on each other. Yet the events of … Continue reading →

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Grandma Reading: Lemony Snicket!

Posted on August 10, 2017 by lisakwinkler

When I saw my eldest grandson (age 7 1/2) reading The Bad Beginning, the first in Lemony Snicket’s 13-volume “Series of Unfortunate Events”, I asked him a couple questions. While I’d heard of the series and author, I never had … Continue reading →

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