Category Archives: books/poems

Wild Life at Camp

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Gail

The kids had so much fun finding frogs and caterpillars at camp.  There seemed to be an abundance of frogs so I had to remind the kids to use gentle hands and be sure to put the critters back in … Continue reading →

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“Not a Box”

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Gail

One of our books this week was ”Not A Box” by Antoinette Portis, also the author of “Not A Stick”.  Who hasn’t at one time in their lives preferred to play with the box more than the gift inside?  In “Not … Continue reading →

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Gardening…..Wiggily Worms

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Gail

We’ve been “working” in the garden.  This day we moved buckets of compost down to our new kids’ strawberry patch.  Everyone was intrigued by the worms.  Katie used her hat to hold her temporary collection of worms.   From st … Continue reading →

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Favorite Word…..poetry

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Gail

I read some poetry to the kids today.  They liked it, the moms liked it, I liked it………….   My Favorite Word There is one word- My favorite- The very, very best. It isn’t No or Maybe. It’s Yes, Yes, … Continue reading →

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