All posts by carolina

Undying Passion

CHANGE OF PACE I have been teaching, mainly preschool and early elementary, for over 10 years, and I always gave my heart, soul, mind and time to the school and

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The Book in the Works

Having decided to write the recipe book, my first measure was to ship to a few friends with children the original picture recipes I had already created, looking for some feedback that would help me polish them visually and flavor-wise.

Play with your child’s food

Innovating Children’s Lunchbox As a child, I always served my plate trying to keep it harmonious, usually relying a lot on symmetry and the color and shape of each food

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Not from a box

Having just finished my Masters of Arts in Teaching, I am currently between school and work. Being summer and all, finding a teaching job in a grade school is nearly

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new season

I started thinking about the garden again. Beds are being dug, weeds are being pulled out, seeds are being sown. One of the beauties of living in a temperate zone

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Literacy

“If we wanted to make learning to read and to write as difficult as possible, fragmenting language learning into several unrelated lessons each day would be a good way to

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maria

Quinta feira passada minha mãe lançou seu primeiro romance, “maria” – escrito assim, em letras minúsculas. A letra minúscula no início de um nome próprio na capa de seu livro

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maria

Last Thursday my mother launched her first novel, “maria” – written like that, with lower case. The font size beginning a proper name on the cover of her book is

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Issues in Education: student-centered or knowledge-centered?

I recently read two articles that brought an important point to my attention: although emergent curriculum is respectful to children’s personal learning processes, knowledge-based curriculum can and should be used

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About Miscegenation

Living in the United States, race, color and ethnicity became subjects of reflection like never before in my life. These are matters of great importance in the humanistic fields like

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