Archive for 2012
Diane will be part of Bring Me A Book Read Aloud Resource Guide Training & Symposium
February 22, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012 8:30am-4:30pm (PT) Diane’s presentation will follow lunch. For more information and to register visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2776776413/eivtefrnd
Happy Valentine’s Day to the Oxford English Dictionary!
February 14, 2012
In honor of Valentine’s Day I just received an email with selected poems for every relationship under the sun. As much as I enjoyed many of the poems, I was pleased to see that my Valentine Greeting, to the Oxford English Dictionary is one of a kind! The OED recently released its 2011 edition and […]
Good readers practive “Radical Hospitality”
February 7, 2012
I just had the pleasure of working in Cleveland Ohio and I met the extraordinary idea of radical hospitality, a term used to describe the welcome policy of Trinity Cathedral, The Episcopal Church in downtown Cleveland. I attended an evening program and had the pleasure of studying with some members of the church community along […]
The PJLibrary® offers a webinar with Diane Frankenstein: Conversational Reading: Exploring Values to Live By. February 21, 1:00-2:00 PM EST
February 7, 2012
Diane will present tips and strategies to help children get the most from the books they read. In addition she will offer best practices for supporting childhood literacy. Open to the public. To sign up: Contact Judi Wisch judi@hgf.org.
Black History Month has become a fixture in the school calendar year and consequently it dulls expectations. Red Tails, the movie that tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen might just be the antidote to that dullness.
February 6, 2012
Black History Month originated in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass (1818) and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in the month. Red Tails: An Epic Story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a movie by George Lucas, is a fictional tale inspired […]
