I love to write poetry with children. At a super fun after-school workshop with K-5th graders at Tabor Community Center, I chose spiders as a topic. I took the children on a spider walk (hunt) outside.  We came inside and did a group warm up by building a yarn/string spider web between us. As each [...]

How a Kid’s Author Got to Know Kids – Again It used to be so easy. While my kids were young, I spent time with them and their peers. I was a girl scout leader. I also led a cub scout den. I lived surrounded by kids – my readers. I listened to their cares, [...]