Category Archives: Inspirational

out with the pots etc.; in with the water

Remember being told in school never to define a target word using the target word itself? …Last week, when I asked different grades of elementary students to define a leader, and/or to describe the game “follow the leader,” I realized … Continue reading

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as if for the first time….

An author by desire and an educator by profession,  I  love words. I love to play with words. I love to notice things about words–although not just  about words. Yesterday, when I was scanning with a bar code scanner a … Continue reading

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