Independent Thoughts: Lyric Writing Process on Independence Day, 2019 by @eyedreemit Sweet summertime. For many educators, this break in the school calendar brings refreshing opportunities to apply

Noticing the Beautiful and Imagining Disaster “What’s beautiful is that you were all moving in sync while expressing your own feelings.” “This idea could be a disaster if people interpreted your dance

I See You by @eyedreemit The Circus Barker 1916, Norman Rockwell It seems that the most impactful moments affecting my behavior as an educator come through stories and from life experiences outside of

Untitled Part 5 by @eyedreemit for @mariannewest's 5 Minute Freewrite Prompt: Parts 4,3,2,1 here: Suggested listening: Warm sleep washed over Raphael that night and he was immersed in a series of vivid

Untitled Part 4 by @eyedreemit for @mariannewest's Parts 3,2,1 here: “Oh, come on! I couldn’t help myself,” giggled Candace with feigned indignation. “Unlike you, I think Lucie likes my singing.” Lucie

Untitled Part 3 by @eyedreemit for @mariannewest's 5 Minute Freewrite Prompt: Part 1: Part 2: While Raphael played the piano Candace’s mind drifted from her reading. After all, it was Uncle Enzy who proposed

@mariannewest's 5 Minute Freewrite Prompt Submission: Cancer Untitled Story part 2 by @eyedreemit part 1: After scanning the top news headlines, Candace clicked on an education link leading to a story

Potbellied For @mariannewest's 5 Minute Freewrite by @eyedreemit The Sunday morning routine had been set in motion an hour earlier than usual due to the sirens. Candace found herself making a second pot

Welcome Cage Free Thinkers! This is a series of ponderings related to education for the purpose of sparking curiosity, dialog and change. Please share your thoughts on today's big question. What if teachers

Welcome Cage Free Thinkers! This is a series of ponderings related to education for the purpose of sparking curiosity, dialog and change. Please share your thoughts on today's big question. What if, weather

“Don’t worry, poetry is good for you” ~ Lizzie Wann, 4/14/18 Lizzie Wann being introduced by Jeff Berkley of Berkley Hart image credit: @eyedreemit I had the pleasure of being side stage as one of my favorite

Welcome Cage Free Thinkers! This is the first in a series of ponderings related to education for the purpose of sparking curiosity, dialog and change. Please share your thoughts on today's big question.

Join in the fun! What a great feeling to #freewrite again. I admit that I took liberty with the "rules" and read all 3 prompts ahead of time, and then took a long walk before sitting down with

Feeding Two Birds with One Hand: Nurturing Empathy and Curiosity Through Relevant Learning Experiences #cagefreethinking Many years ago I proudly explained to a friend how I had killed two birds with one

Virtual Relevance in Education I was truly delighted while playing the AR game Pokémon Go! { with my youngest, and I have an adult child working in the online gaming industry, yet the potential of augmented

Second Graders Add Value to Their Community So they don’t feel left out. It will help them to learn English. Their feelings should matter to us. They should feel equal to us. They should feel friendship.

Cage-free Thinking by @eyedreemit "Tomorrow is a busy day We got things to do, We got eggs to lay We got ground to dig and worms to scratch It takes a lot of settin', gettin' chicks to hatch"

Elevating Fun Field Trips to Encourage Civic Engagement by @eyedreemit School bus, sunscreen, smiles. Altogether, these things signal a day of anticipation and excitement. Leaving campus to take a field

Belt it out in Skeltonic Feeling skeltonic Mind filled, hot on it Imagine a field filled with bluebonnets Eyes open wide in the dawn It turns dreems to things Long gone it’s Like Hermione, I wield my wand

2/18 Weekend Freewrite: Image and story inspiration courtesy of @mariannewest Good Fences My only defense was to write down every word they said while acting as if this was the norm in meetings such as