Isabelle played outside after school today. No one else from her class braved the playground. But Izzy didn’t care about the still-cold temps and the mud. She just wanted to play outdoors. And she did!
I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island.
I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010).
I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.
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I know all about playground laundry! I bought an extra pair of cheap black snow pants at a second-hand store to leave at school for L because she kept coming home with the knees of her good ones totally destroyed! In the spring I have a pair of rain pants she puts on over her clothes. She calls them her Mud Pants and she loves being able to get as messy as she wants : )
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I know all about playground laundry! I bought an extra pair of cheap black snow pants at a second-hand store to leave at school for L because she kept coming home with the knees of her good ones totally destroyed! In the spring I have a pair of rain pants she puts on over her clothes. She calls them her Mud Pants and she loves being able to get as messy as she wants : )
Pls tell me where you bought L’s me pants. Izzy will need something like that this spring.
The rain pants were hand-me-downs, but they’re Columbia. Maybe you can find them online : )
Worth every minute you spend doing the laundry!
Fun moments!
Lovin’ your Vines, Stacey!
This is my kind of fun! What a beautiful time to explore – ice, puddles, mud. Yes!!
Great vine, great subject. Thanks for sharing the playground with us Izzy.
Brings back so many great memories!
What fun! Hooray for playgrounds!