by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, Literacy |
March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 2 EM came over with her daddy to show me her newest creation–a handmade book with a hard cover. Daddy said it was all her idea, even how to make it. He only helped where her little hands were not strong enough to bind with yellow...
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, In My Classroom, Literacy |
SOL25 #0718 Grasshopper Yesterday, I paused when I spied a tiny grasshopper sitting so still on the handle of my garden hoe that I was turning over for safety reasons. He was beautiful. He was so translucent in the morning sunlight. So delicate. I dared not touch him....
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Literacy |
She wrote: “I’m considering homeschooling my soon to be kindergartner and have no idea how to do so.” I responded . . . Welcome to the homeschooling journey! You can do it. You may feel inadequate. You may wonder what to do, and then you’ll...
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Literacy |
She wrote, “I am very very new to homeschooling . . .” and asked for help. So I wrote . . . and then over several weeks I added even more and published this blog post. “Ah! The homeschooling journey! Think of it as another facet of your motherhood....
by Alice Nine | A9 Journal, In My Classroom, Literacy |
Poetry Friday It’s Friday morning and I’m sitting in a hotel room, being a bit lazy after two very full days of presenting staff development workshops focusing on writing. I’m so glad that two months ago I booked an afternoon departure so I could...
by Alice Nine | In My Classroom, Literacy |
Slice of Life. I was just finishing lunch when a message from a fourth grade class via their teacher lit up the screen on my phone. Figure 1 Anyone who knows me, knows what I immediately did. Here is the snapshot of my notes that I texted back. Figure 2 In my opinion,...
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