At a vernal pond
At a vernal pond I love introducing 5-year-olds to the characteristics of a freshwater pond. It essential that they realize there is more to a vernal pond than just the plants and animals they might notice at first sight, like ducks or frogs. Therefore, a large part of the field trip to the pond that […]
An oral storytelling tradition
An oral storytelling tradition Storytelling is an art, a skill, a talent passed down from generation to generation. It actually, was the very first medium for books. Verbal history is still valued today. Historians spend precious time with persons of interest to record their stories and memories of days past for posterity. My father was […]
Animal Adaptations
Lesson #5: Animal Adaptations The Adapted Turtle: Brumation For turtles, Brumation occurs in winter when thier bodies slow down. This allows them to survive the winter snow when their pond that might freeze over. (Move your mouse up and down…) Animals survive by adapting to their environments. These adaptations can be anything from the shape […]
Are you afraid of the dark?
Are you afraid of the dark? I never really was as a child. My father often took us for walks at night to listen to owls in the evening or just to listen to the chorus of cicadas on a warm summer night. When I was teaching fifth grade, we took an annual, end of […]
Scared of Snakes?
The illustrations take the young reader into an eastern North America forest. A factual appendix at the back of the book invites the young reader to learn more about the woodland creatures as well as interesting facts about the moon.
This teaching aid is filled with vocabulary, science and creative writing lessons.
How it all began
After 30 years of teaching young children and raising my own kids I felt a yearning to write my own childrens picture book. The words for the text came to me one night when I woke and noticed the amazing moon glow outside my kitchen window. I went back to bed with pen in hand […]
Opossums
Opossums can be nasty, vicious marsupials (animals that carry their young in a pouch, like a kangaroo). So I was very excited when Cynthia, Moonglow’s artist, portrayed them as cute! In the natural world they are nocturnal and scavengers that also eat plants and small animals. They are well known in fiction and non-fiction stories […]
The oral storytelling tradition
An oral storytelling tradition Storytelling is an art, a skill, a talent passed down from generation to generation. It actually, was the very first medium for books. Verbal history is still valued today. Historians spend precious time with persons of interest to record their stories and memories of days past for posterity. My father was […]