Over the next weeks, I'll send home this soft briefcase with "Traveling Todd," the blue dog, along with a book by Margaret Wise Brown called Another Important Book as well as a blank book for you to add a page about your child. The kit looks like...

The class I have now is setting new records——at least for me——in Soundabet mastery. I have 29 students in my class, and 20 of them have mastered the Soundabet in uppercase letters. Many have mastered the Soundabet in both upper and lowercase...

Over on my other blog, Mindful Heart, I've made the online acquaintance of some educators and their fellow travelers. steven, a Canadian sixth grade teacher writes a blog, the golden fish, which I enjoy reading. Today Jenny Stevning left a comment that...

  Siena and Jordan learned to ride two wheelers over the weekend.  They showed us their riding skills today at school.

Maddison has learned the whole King's Soundabet in uppercase! I know that there are many others who are very near to mastering it, too. I can barely keep up with the requests to show me they know it. I'm trying. Anyway, we celebrated in aftercare with...