Okay…..I’m so over it! I know. I know. I was supposed to be blogging about reading strategies and how to close the gap when it comes to literacy but I just have to get my thoughts out about the case here in my own state of Texas over the young man with the locs! Ya’llContinue reading “Just Not Gonna Cut It…Again!”
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Read It……and Definitely Weep
Okay so I was piddling around trying to figure out what to write my next blog about and then it came to me that we should discuss the literacy rates among African American children. Don’t worry! I’m not going to bore you with a bunch of statistics. Instead I want to share with you whatContinue reading “Read It……and Definitely Weep”
BHM: The Heart of the Matter, Pt. 1
It’s Black History Month and it’s Heart health month! I don’t know about ya’ll but this saying pretty much sums up my mood right now! Ha ha! Next week is the Super Bowl and the NFL in its “wokeness” for the second year is going to do both the National Anthem and the Black NationalContinue reading “BHM: The Heart of the Matter, Pt. 1”
How to Develop Writing Skills
As a teacher, writing was one of the most frustrating skills for some students to develop. Reading came first. However, it doesn’t have to be. In my previous blog, one of the suggestions was to start early. To not wait until the child started school (if your child had never been in daycare). Starting earlyContinue reading “How to Develop Writing Skills”
Do It For the Culture…
Black Wall Street If you don’t know anything about Black Wall Street I highly recommend that you research it. On a side note, this is personal to me because I had a cousin who was a Tulsa Massacre survivor. She was a little girl at the time and her step father’s doctor’s office was bombed.Continue reading “Do It For the Culture…”
Confessions of a Carseat Rider
Hey Village Mamas! Mother’s Day is tomorrow and I was sitting reminiscing about how the kids were little and how cute they were yada, yada, yada. And then it hit me, and I had to laugh. The thing I dreaded the most was loading the kids into the car and driving them around. *Huge eyeContinue reading “Confessions of a Carseat Rider”
A Hop, Skip and a Jump!
Remember that song, “The Double Dutch Bus”? “Y’zzall bizzetter mizzoove! Izzsay whizzat?” Yeah, Snoop Dogg wasn’t the first to create that type of slang…lol! Some of you maybe too young to remember and some of you (like me) had parents that played it all the time in the car. If you have no clue, lookContinue reading “A Hop, Skip and a Jump!”
A Song for Mama
MAMA! Big Mama! Ima tell my mama! Yo mama! Most of us can relate to those phrases! For me, those are precious memories spent in my great grandmother’s (we called her Memama) backyard! Growing up in a community where everyone looked like you (35% were your cousins), those phrases were said frequently. Mother’s Day isContinue reading “A Song for Mama”
Happy Hair!
As a busy mom of two I know doing hair can sometimes be the last resort. Sometimes even getting an appointment in for those “touch ups” can be few and far in between due to cost and time. Let’s face it! Our hair takes time! Even I have resorted to spending Sunday evenings “plaitin” upContinue reading “Happy Hair!”
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