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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Apr 01, 2011 No Comments by

I bought some new bulbs today at the hardware store – the kind you plant, not the ones you put in a lamp. Bulbs are amazing. God has built in a resilience that will overcome less-than-perfect conditions. They take just a little work and patience to grow.  I prepared a large pot with a layer [...]

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The Dreaded Word

Dec 01, 2010 No Comments by

It is a usual day of school in the second grade, little Billy has just been exposed to only forty-five minutes of school which to him seems to be forty-five hours.  He is expected to listen without talking and be perfectly still.  After which seemed like an eternity, Billy is finally able to go to [...]

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Success Comes in Cans

Dec 01, 2010 No Comments by

At some point in your career, you have undoubtedly encountered a situation with a student who frustrated and perplexed you – he just doesn’t seem to be motivated!  You have pulled him aside, warned him, given him poor grades (After all, he deserves them!), punished him with demerits, and as the last straw even met [...]

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Zainy Brainy…Book Mania?

Oct 01, 2009 No Comments

“Reading is fun!” “I would rather read than watch T.V.!”  We don’t see a lot of “Book Mania” in the class rooms these days.  Some students have the reading bug, but for the majority of the school age population, the love of reading needs to be cultivated. If fun and competition can be added, “Book [...]

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