“The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit is of great worth in God’s sight.” – 1 Peter 3:4
As promised, I have written a guide to help you parents with teaching your children how to write. You can use this whether you are homeschooling or adapt to use with your school’s curriculum if you are distance learning. Writing is going to make up the remaining 30-45 minutes of your child’s English Language Arts instruction …
When I saw the invitation to join the Consistency Challenge by successful influencer, Mattie James, I knew I had to participate. I first saw Mattie James speak at Stage for the Creators Conference on the YouTube channel KevOnStage. She gave amazing advice and tips on every aspect of blogging, so I knew participating in her …
Last week, I shared some book recommendations and some tips for reading aloud to your children. Reading aloud daily is very important to helping your child to develop vocabulary, reading and listening comprehension, and a love of reading. See Related: Book Recommendations for Children I focused on elementary aged children because those are the ones …
I actually have two social media accounts, one I created for my blog when I started it. It is my creator account, not my personal one, that I am going to focus on today. Since this account is for my Christian lifestyle blog for women, I follow accounts of those who make up the lifestyle …
Reading aloud to my students was one of my favorite things to do as a teacher. It is also important for you parents to read aloud to your children every day, especially if you are going to be teaching your children at home when school starts. Reading aloud to children provides them with a model …
Did you know that July is National Family Reunion Month? All this time I thought it was just a coincidence that all of my family reunions have been in July. 🙂 The tradition for family reunions for African Americans were inspired by the Great Migration (of 4 million African Americans from the South to the …
Just this past week in the news, there was a story about community refrigerators. The concept is very simple: if you have food to donate, leave it in the community refrigerator, and if you need food, help yourself to it. I pray more of these pop up all over, so that even more people struggling …
As more and more districts are adopting a distance learning model for the upcoming school year, I cannot as an educator, not offer some support to parents. I hear your cry parents, and before I get into some tips and suggestions, I must say that I am sure that all parents have a newfound appreciation …
It takes me such a long time to figure out what to watch on Netflix! Anybody else have this problem? It is for this reason that I appreciate when I come across recommendations. Now here are a few of my suggestions for the next time you are ready to Netflix and chill. All American This …
I have always liked to write, but since blogging did not become a thing until after I was already working as a teacher, it is not anything I seriously considered. Then in September, my classroom was closed and I lost my teaching position unexpectedly. After months of searching for a new one and not being …
