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on April 7, 2011 at 4:10 pm / in Grandparenting, Sharon

In the moment…

I don’t remember when I first began to cherish moments… but I know it was a long, long time ago. I would linger in moments for what seemed forever, and lock them in my brain. I remember many of these moments like they just happened… good-night hugs from my Dad, my Mom washing my hair in our kitchen sink, a [...]

on March 31, 2011 at 9:25 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Parents and Literacy, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 31 – “Moments”

Day 31. Our LAST DAY of our 31 Letters Literacy Project! Can you believe that March is marching out? Hopefully, you were able to capture a topic each day and write a letter to your children, grandchildren or special children in your life. The good news is that you can do this any time. 1 letter. 5 letters. 20 letters. [...]

on March 29, 2011 at 4:03 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Parents and Literacy, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 29 – “NEVER AGAIN!”

Day 29 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is about SOMETHING YOU’LL NEVER DO AGAIN! Today’s letter is inspired by a photograph I found of me at… oh, 14 or so, with a bad, bad, bad haircut. I thought I had erased that phase from my mind. No. The photo came back to haunt me. As a child or teenager [...]

on March 28, 2011 at 2:18 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Parents and Literacy, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 28 – “It’s About Time”

Day 28 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is about TIME. Today’s letter is inspired by a poem we bumped into on Day 28 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids… a wonderful little poem and message that tells us of the passage of TIME: WINDOW by Czeslaw Milosz I looked out the window at dawn and saw a young [...]

on March 27, 2011 at 3:40 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Parents and Literacy, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 27 – “Moving Closer”

Day 27 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is all about HELPING. Today’s letter topic is inspired by a poem we bumped into on Day 27 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: I Cry by Tupak Shakur Sometimes when I’m alone I Cry, Cause I am on my own. The tears I cry are bitter and warm. They flow [...]

on March 26, 2011 at 12:45 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Parents and Literacy, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 26 – “Night”

Day 26 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is all about the GREAT NIGHT SKY. Today’s letter is inspired by a poem we bumped into on Day 26 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: BROTHERHOOD by Octavio Paz I am a man: little do I last and the night is enormous. But I look up: the stars write. Unknowing [...]

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 25 – “Love Is…”

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on March 25, 2011 at 1:55 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 25 – “Love Is…”

Day 25 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is all about LOVE. Great big LOVE. Today’s letter is inspired by a poem about LOVE that we bumped into on Day 25 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: LOVE IS by Nikki Giovanni Some people forget that love is tucking you in and kissing you “Good night” no matter how [...]

on March 24, 2011 at 12:52 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Language Development in Kids, Letter Writing, Parents and Literacy, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 24 – “Words that make today TODAY”

Day 24 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is all about words that make today TODAY. Today’s letter is inspired by the poem TODAY that we bumped into on Day 24 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: TODAY by Frank O’Hara Oh! kangaroos, sequins, chocolate sodas! You really are beautiful! Pearls, harmonicas, jujubes, aspirins! all the stuff they’ve [...]

on March 23, 2011 at 12:18 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Language Development in Kids, Parents and Literacy, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 23 – “A Sunny Day”

Day 23 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is all about SUNNY DAYS. This letter topic is inspired by a lovely HAIKU that we bumped into on Day 23 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids: from FIVE HAIKU by Paul Eluard Ah! a thousand flames, a fire, The light, a shadow! The sun is following me. Who doesn’t love [...]

on March 22, 2011 at 1:51 pm / in 31 Letters, 365 Days of Literacy for Kids, Sharon

31 Letters Literacy Project: Day 22 – “Nonsense”

Day 22 of our 31 Letters Literacy Project is all about NONSENSE! Don’t ya just LOVE nonsense? Well, KIDS do! Put on your thinking cap and think like a kid… like the kid you once were. Today’s letter topic is inspired by Day 22 of 365 Days of Literacy for Kids… and a limerick by 19th century English limerick-poet [...]