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Keep dreaming big!
Read more: Keep dreaming big!What would it be like to live in a world where my sons can dream big? The smile on his face while wearing a dream big shirt is the source of my provocation for today. What would it feel like not to be afraid of raising black sons or be married to a black physician,…
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Keep co-learning about dinosaurs!
Read more: Keep co-learning about dinosaurs!My children are at the age where dinosaurs are their best friends. Not only do we read all sorts of books about dinosaurs, but thanks to Forest Park, there is a dinosaur park they love to visit every weekend. The other day they drew maps about how we went from our house to the park.…
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Keep building confident learners in 1st grade!
Read more: Keep building confident learners in 1st grade!I came across a statistic recently on why reading by the end of third grade matters. It matters for success in high school and beyond. It matters because it’s the crucial point when children start using reading to learn other subjects. It also matters to mitigate delays in language and social emotional development in early…
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Keep supporting working mothers!
Read more: Keep supporting working mothers!Not only did I teach my virtual class today, but I also took my 4 month old to his doctor’s appointment. The day started like every other Tuesday, with a packed work schedule, homeschooling 3 kids, and my son’s afternoon appointment all on my mind. Why, then, one wonders, are working mothers experiencing what can…
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Keep the bright side in mind!
Read more: Keep the bright side in mind!Today marks day 60 into my writing journey. This past month was difficult and draining and the last thing on my mind was writing. The idea of not writing was equally devastating. So I tried my best to write. I knew I had a story to tell, another keep worth fighting for, worth writing about,…
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Keep being sterling in silence and survival like Nse Ufot!
Read more: Keep being sterling in silence and survival like Nse Ufot!With Georgia quite literally on everyone’s mind this week, I spent the time reading about all the visionaries that made this blue season possible. Almost all of them are black, female and gifted. Like Nse Ufot of the New Georgia Project (here). Not only is Nse a proud naturalized citizen, but she was born in…
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Keep encouraging yourself like colorful leaves on a tree!
Read more: Keep encouraging yourself like colorful leaves on a tree!I went for run through Forest Park today. One of the best things about living in Saint Louis is Forest Park and all its trees with their changing leave colors during the fall season. And the colors are amazing. A display of God’s love for what he calls his own. My kids and I visit…
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Keep waiting in line to vote!
Read more: Keep waiting in line to vote!I waited 2hours and 10 minutes to vote. In 2020, even in the middle of a pandemic, there are still so many unnecessary hurdles to exercise one’s right to vote. I woke up at 6am, excited to vote, knowing that my vote may not make a difference in my state, but I still got ready,…
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Keep coloring the dead, keep coloring life!
Read more: Keep coloring the dead, keep coloring life!The most famous holiday in Mexico is today, The Day of the Dead. It’s a day were large numbers of tourists descend upon Mexico to watch a range of artistic displays, carnivals, even ritual performances all around the theme of death. Plus there are skulls, lots and lots of skulls and skeletons too, all confronting…
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Keep affirming children’s learning at home during and post this pandemic!
Read more: Keep affirming children’s learning at home during and post this pandemic!One of the greatest burden and gift of living through this pandemic is homeschooling. It’s a burden. Simple. Ask any mother currently homeschooling any child and they will list all the burden. For me, my list is long, but I’ll spare you the trouble and focus on one-Attention. Attention is difficult for a six year…
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Keep rethinking the possibilities of skeletons and motherhood!
Read more: Keep rethinking the possibilities of skeletons and motherhood!For art this week, my third grader made a unique, ravishingly beautiful but simple depiction in celebration of the Day of the Dead. The instructions were simple. Watch the Festival of the Bones book on YouTube, then draw skeletons in white in an interesting background highlighted with a bit of accent color and gel pens.…
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Keep reading folktales about caring for our planet!
Read more: Keep reading folktales about caring for our planet!Friday’s and every day are for the future. Today we read a splendid retelling with brilliant illustrations on why everyone should care for the planet. It’s a story that’s at least 500 years old, a Benin folktale on why children should respect the earth and the sky. Why the Sky is Faraway, by Mary-Joan Gerson…
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