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I’m a level “J” so I can’t read level “K” books…
My daughter is in the first grade and she is learning to read. Until the first grade, I would have characterized her as more interested in the pictures than the text (like most kids are) but with a keen interest in decoding words. She has always demonstrated a voracious appetite for narrative and informational texts…
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My New Blogging Mantra…
Punya Mishra once told me that his New Year’s Resolution a few years back was to blog every day so that, like brushing teeth, it became a habit he just couldn’t live without. In the moment, I thought — yes — great idea — I feel super awkward if I don’t brush my teeth in…
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How Google Maps Ruined the Surprise
My husband celebrated a BIG birthday recently and to mark the happy occasion, I decided to invite our closest friends to a special, surprise dinner at our favourite hometown restaurant. The plan followed the classic surprise party paradigm. On the five-hour drive back to our hometown from where we currently live, I casually suggested a…
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A Lesson in Affordances, Constraints and The Discovery of What I Didn’t Know
Last week, my 5-year old daughter was inspired to write her first book. It was a glorious moment in parenting. My husband and I beamed with pride — our daughter a) can write b) thinks of herself as a writer c) drew detailed pictures which she then described with her very best, phonologically reasoned spellings…