Writing Informational Books with Third Graders-A Unit of Study in Writing
I went to a great closing session today about Writing Informational Books with Third Graders and took TONS of notes. It is billed as a third grade unit but in Ohio essays aren’t introduced until fifth grade so I was thinking for some schools (mine included) this could be a good expository uni ...

Building Philanthropic Communities
Eternal Biblical wisdom for those have been raised up as the stewards of mighty material and spiritual resources. Learn how to apply Biblical principles to your plan for your life your family and your legacy. Learn  how you can impact your community our country and our history through your p ...


Feeling Guilty Nope Not Guilty No Guilty...
This brief bedtime story begins in a rather comical fashion as my mom stopped by briefly today on her way home from my aunt's (her sister's) in Detroit Lakes MN (her family grew up in Fargo ND). Mom was due any minute and I was in the bathroom trying to decide if I wanted to keep my hair down a ...

Fifteen Years
I started thinking about graduate school in 1994 when I got a summer job as a research assistant after my freshman year of college.Now I’m thinking about throwing that fifteen-year plan in the trash and start over. Just short of half my life. It’s not easy.If I had written my book I probabl ...

The Bilingual Child
Raising bilingual children these days is nothing new and here on Okinawa there are many families with children who are daily exposed to more than one language. But having the ability to speak hear and understand a language is not the same as being literate in a language and for many parent ...