Literacy Learning Zone

  Slice of Life is  hosted  at the  Two Writing Teachers Join in and share a slice of your life.  _____________________________________________________ Every evening, we take our Harley-dog for a family walk. The girls are never too excited about just walking the neighborhood. Thankfully, they are creative and fun, and figure out a way to manage the boring walk. Some days they decide to hop on their scooters. Some days they create a game along the way full of hops, steps, and jumps -- worth points. Some days they ride their new bikes. Some days they guess and then count the number of steps until the next shade tree. Some days they roller blade. But, tonight, they grabbed a bag of c...

Slice of Life is  hosted  at the  Two Writing Teachers Join in and share a slice of your life.  _____________________________________________________ Choose kind. I've have tried to share that mantra in our home ever since I read the book Wonder when it was first published.  It's quite honestly a good reminder for us all.  Choose kind, always.  These are important words outside in the real world, but recently more so IN our home.  The girls are just about seven years old and they are sisters, so sometimes words or their tone of voice is, well, not-so-kind. My daughters' school is also encouraging kindness through their ...