The CHERRY BLOSSOM… so lovely, so transient, so glorious as it blooms en masse and then passes, welcoming us into…
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The DANDELION: the dandelion got its name from the toothed outline of its leaves… dent de lion, meaning lion’s tooth.…
The TULIP… Once known as the tulipa, tulippa, tulipant or Turkes Cap, the tulip was introduced from Turkey into Western…
Literacy comes with knowing words… having seen them, read them, talked about them, felt them. Literacy comes with having frames…
Let’s end our April Showers Word Powers with an intriguing downpour! The following 8-letter words end with the same 4…
Today’s word: aitch HHHHmmmm. How would you pronounce this word? What the heck!? How ’bout H, as in the letter…
Today’s word: Muse The word Muse refers to one of the 9 goddesses known as the inspiration of learning and…
April 28, 2011
Maddie turns 10!
10 years ago today, at 4:14 early in the morning, a very special pink bundle arrived in our lives. MADDIE!…
You’ve heard of the gorilla… but have you heard of the zorilla? Yes, zorilla, derived from the French zorille and…
There are days when the fritinancy of insects awakens me to the realization that I am yawpish for jentaculum. WHAT?…
X marks the spot. (This idiom means the exact location of something, and has nothing to do with our WORD…
You may very well know of Wuthering Heights, the novel by Emily Bronte. But do you know the meaning of…
A WORD can come to us in the most interesting way. Take the word varec, for example. Do you have…
April 22, 2011
4all for Real!
Yesterday, my husband and I… aka Grandma & Grandpa, took our two beautiful 10-year old granddaughters rock climbing. We had…
April 22, 2011
Earth Day’s Great Gift
Last year I embarked on a project I called 57 in 52… attempting to complete 57 wonderful things in my…
Can you finish this sentence: An urson is the Canadian ___________. How ’bout another hint: The urson was once thought…
We’ve gathered quite a menagerie of animal types under our April umbrella of APRIL SHOWERS BRING WORD POWERS! Kids love…
WORDS. They roll off our lips. They magically appear at the tips of our pens. They make us smile and…
Have you ever seen the wide-eyed excitement of a child when he or she learns a new WORD? It’s one…
April Showers bring Word Powers in the forms of RAINFALL and SNOWFALL with these 3 letters: QPF Put up your…
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Audrey McClelland has been a digital influencer since 2005. She’s a mom of 5 and shares tips on her three favorite things: parenting, fashion and beauty. She’s also a Contemporary Romance Author.
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