a sentence a day | 25

I heard this question today.

   How many 84-year-old women have legs like hers?

You can guess who said it and who he said it about.

a sentence a day | 23

Confidence is 18 and driving a standard alone (and well) after a few instructions.

a sentence a day | 18

Loralee: Eliza, what is keto?

Eliza: It's blah, blah, blah.

Loralee: OK. But what do you eat?

Eliza: You blah, blah, blah.

Loralee: No, I don't get it. What do you eat? Isn't it a leaf like lettuce?

Eliza: Mom! That's kale.

a sentence a day | 15

I can almost count on the power flashing off and on

when I'm working on something important on the computer.

a sentence a day | 8

We would have celebrated Laureen's 55th birthday yesterday.

I wonder what she would have been like.

a sentence a day | 7

Pearl turned six years old today!

a sentence a day | 4

I attended the Kidlit Rally for Black Lives.

The authors spoke to young people and

then they spoke to parents and educators.

So moving. So unsettling.

There is work to be done.

- Walter Dean Myers

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To watch a recording of the Rally,

please click here.

To learn more about amplifying and
celebrating Black voices, please click here.

a sentence a day | 2

a kids book about racism

by Jelani Memory

Some conversations are difficult,

but they are important to have.

Books can help start the talking.

I shared a link to this one

with my students' families.

They have been expressing

gratitude for the book.

Counting Blessings

The Government of New Brunswick

- was watching and preparing

- closed schools quickly when first cases arrived

- put safety measures in immediately

- listened to health care experts

- worked together with opposing parties

- communicated with government employees

- communicated with the residents of New Brunswick

- answered hard questions

- enforced quarantine and controlled our borders

- made adjustments when necessary


I'm thankful for the things they did,
and are doing, to keep us safe in New Brunswick.

akr inspired | 305

Because of Covid-19, we have been working from home for 12 weeks in New Brunswick.

On Monday, we go back in the schools for 4 weeks and 2 days.

It will be strange without our students.

Textbook | Math 

something I read | about carpet

I was reading a a sweet post about family
and priorities by Ruth Ayres.

A favorite sentence was -

"I'm learning to be grateful for the carpet that is so old
that it doesn't matter if there is a spill."

We have that carpet in our house.

I realize I can be grateful for it.

akr inspired | 304

- Amy Krouse Rosenthal -

@missamykr | Instagram | Project 1,2,3

akr inspired | 302

This or That Questions

Rain or snow?
rain

Milk or juice?
milk

Facebook or Instagram?
Instagram

Cups in the cupboard: right side up or upside down?
right side up

Friends or The Office?
The Office

Phone call or text?
text

Time machine or magic wand?
magic wand

Pancakes or waffles?
waffles

Live without music or television?
television

Townhouse or farmhouse?
farmhouse

Lemonade or iced tea?
iced tea

Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life

Sunday's Photograph | Druart Three

2004

akr inspired | 301

I was remembering something Annie said when she was really little.

We were driving away from the cottage.

In her sweet, quiet voice, she said,

   "I wish we never had to leave Beulah."

She is the same today.

Textbook | History

Quote | Optimism

It's not that optimism solves all of life's problems;

it is just that it can sometimes make the difference

between coping and collapsing.

- Lucy MacDonald

Little House on the Ridge

akr inspired | 300

Ethan and I played this game so much
during our weeks at home that we started to
memorize marks on the back! Oops!

Textbook | Social Studies

akr inspired | 299

a pretty good way to listen to an audio book for school -

sitting in a lazyboy outside

in the sunshine

with my feet on Pearl


(the lazyboy is broken and waiting for big garbage day,
but in the meantime, it's become a favorite spot around the campfire)

@missamykr | Instagram | Project 1,2,3

akr inspired | 298

Two fall-off-my-chair things happened yesterday -

An invitation came from Katie Keier.

And then Kristi Mraz, who was invited
as well, followed me on Twitter.

Textbook | Math 

akr inspired | 297

5-15-2020

My new favorite sentence -

"When I'm at school, I still feel like I'm at home."

- spoken on the phone by a kindergartener reflecting on why she misses school

Textbook | Social Studies