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Thankful Thursday #103

On By Alicia McCauleyIn Thankful ThursdaysLeave a comment
Photo courtesy of gailweithers.wordpress.com

This week I’m thankful for…

  • free frozen yogurt
  • the rainbow painting one of my little ones gave me
  • the little one who stopped at the end of the day just to tell me, “Thank you for teaching me, Mrs. McCauley.”
  • the film Rising From the Ashes
  • Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem Kindness
  • Lori Gard’s article What Students Remember Most About Teachers
  • waking to the sound of rain
  • the smell of rain
  • Edith, my new Ugandan friend, who lives right here in my town
  • the inspiring athletes of the winter Olympics, specifically the ice dancers, the short track speed skaters, the curlers and the snowboard cross racers.
  • explaining the winter Olympics to my youngest son in Uganda
  • catching up with old friends
  • Valentine’s Day with my little ones
  • homemade cheesecake
  • Glide floss
  • Cadbury Mini Eggs
  • silly dancing with The Hubs

Poetry From Little Lips

On By Alicia McCauleyIn Poetry, Teacher TalesLeave a comment

Children have such a way with words, pairing combinations that just pulse off the page.  Their little lips seem to spill poetry.  I’m lucky enough to be a fly on the wall when they mish mash those beautiful combinations.

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye collected some of the things her son said and reads his words here in her poem “One Boy Told Me”.

You are, no doubt, scrambling for a piece of paper this very second to write down the wonders that have slipped through the lips of your son, daughter, niece, nephew, granddaughter, grandson, the kid next door, or even that funny kid in front of you in line at the post office.  Do it, grab a pencil and write it down.  Quick, before your grown-up brain forgets and instead fills up with mundane things like the grocery list.  And then share your lines or a link to them in the comments section please.  It’s National Poetry Month and we all deserve a little more poetry in our lives.