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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Thanks! That actual image had to be staged since the lights are always off when he meditates. I’m thankful he was willing to let me take a pic of them before we turned off the lights. 🙂
Love the way the list is a moment in time and gives us the window into the nightly routine! And good for Fluffy! I bet he’s a more present stuffed animal!
I love that you shared your nightly routine with your son and his beloved stuffed animal. I recently posted about my son’s stuffed animal and how Tigey has been through a lot with us. Such precious memories.
My son and daughter were arguing over whether or not his stuffies were real. I read them THE VELVETEEN RABBIT so that she’d understand how stuffies become real. If you haven’t read that one to your son, yet, I highly suggest it. My son’s life was transformed once he knew that his animals were real.
This is so, so similar to the nighttime routine at my house! My 9 year old surrounds herself with 3-4 stuffed toys – Noodle, Seashell, Sweetie, yes, there’s a Fluffy too – and listens to a prayer chant as she dozes off.
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Sounds like a great way to fall asleep.
It is for him! For me, it’s soooo hard *not* to fall asleep!
Yeah I could see that putting me to sleep too!
What a wonderful image – Ari & Fluffy, meditating before bed. Love it!
Thanks! That actual image had to be staged since the lights are always off when he meditates. I’m thankful he was willing to let me take a pic of them before we turned off the lights. 🙂
Love the way the list is a moment in time and gives us the window into the nightly routine! And good for Fluffy! I bet he’s a more present stuffed animal!
Fluffy is his calm dog. Patchy is the wild one. It’s quite interesting to see how “they” act.
I love that you shared your nightly routine with your son and his beloved stuffed animal. I recently posted about my son’s stuffed animal and how Tigey has been through a lot with us. Such precious memories.
My son and daughter were arguing over whether or not his stuffies were real. I read them THE VELVETEEN RABBIT so that she’d understand how stuffies become real. If you haven’t read that one to your son, yet, I highly suggest it. My son’s life was transformed once he knew that his animals were real.
This is so, so similar to the nighttime routine at my house! My 9 year old surrounds herself with 3-4 stuffed toys – Noodle, Seashell, Sweetie, yes, there’s a Fluffy too – and listens to a prayer chant as she dozes off.
This sounds like such a lovely way to doze off. Love the stuffie names!