Tag Archives: environment

Blog Action Day 2010 – Water

Today was Blog Action Day, and the topic was a biggie this year – water.  There are two things that push my buttons about water: Water waste.  One of my biggest pet peeves is water waste at home.  Taking a shower?  Don’t turn on the water until you’re actually ready to get in.  Brushing your [...]

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Blog Action Day 2009 – Climate Change

Today is Blog Action Day 2009, and we’re talking about climate change! There are a couple of things that I try to do to help in little ways.  Now that I live in Atlanta, I have MARTA available to me, and I try to use it as often as I can.  For the first 2 [...]

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Children’s Literacy Initiative (Day of Blogs ’08 #42)

Won’t someone please donate to Children’s Literacy Initiative? Straight from their website, here is how CLI’s Professional Development Program works: • Developing Engaging Read Alouds Because being read to adds directly to children’s knowledge and vocabulary, experts stress the importance of reading aloud to students. At the writing center, a first-grader has word books, a [...]

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