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my dear ones are like tributaries

they offer me love so that

the love from me flows out

into life

as water from a river

flows into an ocean

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all of my poetry emerges from the humidity of the bathroom

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i went out into

the world and i saw the world

and the world was big

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when you put anger

in a cocoon

surround it with love and life

it emerges as clarity

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i started alphabet of thorns and so far i’m loving it. the language the author uses just translates well in my brain as if i wrote the words myself.

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a girl who can bring the stars down to earth. a girl who thought that power was useless. a girl who didn’t know she could use the power of those stars to protect the ones she cherishes.

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Health, Safety, and Nutrition

Safety

Teaching preschoolers about safety (X)

Health/Nutrition

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Virtual Learning Games

Vowel Sounds

Sorting long a and not long a (X)

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i fear my go-to tool for writing (what i consider my most) beautiful poetry and prose is personification. i will assign a gender and/or vibe to everything i’m writing about

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How fucking annoying is it when you feel so restless with creative energy but you can’t decide what to do with it and when you finally try to create something it comes out shit so you just give up and sit there being all creatively annoyed and jittery.

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you have to be fully present when interacting with media in order to consume engage with what it is trying to give you.

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I really want to write a book before I die. I want to always have proof of all the times I thought my world would end and I kept going. I want my kids to have evidence of my vulnerability and my darkness. I want to write ,so those I love can find comfort in feeling seen. I don’t want fame. I just want to find a way to reach into those I love and make them feel less alone.

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basic things you should know about your main characters

how is their relationship with their family

what are their beliefs, if they have any

what is their motivation (preferably something unrelated to their love interest/romantic feelings)

who were they raised to be vs. who they became/are becoming

what are their plans for the future, if they have any

how they feel about themselves and how it affects their behaviour

how do they feel about things they cannot control

and last but not least: Why is This Character the Protagonist??

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letter activities

this is a living document. a work-in-progress.

letter recognition

sorting letters with different fonts. print a few letters in different fonts and have the students sort the letters.

match uppercase and lowercase letters. use magnetic letters, foam letters, shape cutters, etc.

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i remember being a young girl and loving books. i read them all the time, but the vocabulary in my brain didn’t always match the vocabulary in the book. (this was before nooks and iPads and kindles.) in came old trusty: the dictionary. i had a huge, heavy dictionary. i don’t remember who published it, but it had a red and blue front cover. oh how i love that dictionary for the access it gave me to wor[l]ds i had never known before. opening it and flipping through it. finding new and interesting words outside of the words i initially began searching for. i wonder where it is and how it’s doing.