Author Study

When we lived in North Texas, before the whole episodes of January, which took our life in a whole new direction, I had Spicy Girl's Kindergarten year all planned out. I knew where she was going to school. I even had a job opportunity there. I put a lot of time and prayer into preparing for her first year of school. Well, you know how that goes. Sometimes things don't turn out exactly how you have them planned. So, when we knew we would be moving, my first concern was S.G.'s Kindergarten year. Not knowing where we were going to live or where she would be starting school was a hard pill to swallow. So, we did all we knew to do. We prayed. I started praying for S.G.'s Kindergarten teacher and class back in January. Let me just say, we are happy. God placed S.G. with a teacher who is very patient, firm yet sweet with her. She has a small class with absolutely precious classmates. Spicy Girl loves her school and teacher. God knew what she needed.....and what we needed too. Here is one of S.G.'s publishing wall pages. This is what she wants to be when she grows up. She has told us this many times. Of course, she has also mentioned being a veterinarian or a donut maker.

One of my joys is getting to spend time in the classroom when her class is doing something special. Mrs. "N" does an author study with the kids each week. After about 8 weeks of author studies, she decided to do a culminating activity where the students got in "author" groups to make a poster about their stories. I got to come help a group with one of my favorite authors, Kevin Henkes. After making their posters, each group got up and shared about their author. S.G. is telling the class about Kevin Henkes, and what she liked best about his stories.