Well, Anne, it is very hard to pick a favorite Well Worded topic, as I have enjoyed every one of them. As a retired English teacher and the new step-grandma to a 14 year old boy and a 4 year old girl, those that speak to me the most are those that deal with encouraging children to read and write. If I must choose one post, I would select Teach Your Children. I run into many of my former students, and one of them, much to my delight, wrote and published a collection of poetry. He was so excited to tell me about it and to thank me for opening up the world of poetry to him. When I was teaching, most of my own reading and writing was related to my duties as a classroom teacher: rereading texts I planned to teach; developing lesson plans, teacher-created sample texts, powerpoints, worksheets, and tests; writing emails and letters; completing required paperwok the school and district required (usually for some ridiculous reason). Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. My encounter with my former student and your posts have encouraged me to do more of what I love the most-reading and writing for personal enjoyment.
Jodie, I love all this muchly! The fact that you affected a kid that strongly (and I'm sure many others who simply haven't told you) AND that you yourself have been inspired to do more reading and writing for fun just makes my week!
Loved this so much, Anne! Wonderful post. Years ago I organized a national letter writing day via Facebook and inspired a handful of folks to write letters. I send handwritten postcards and letters quite often. The tips included here are extremely helpful and fun. I’d love to share this post in one of my future Stacks since mine is dedicated to things/people deemed “old,” if that’s okay with you.
Anne~~💜I love all your Well~Worded Emails!!Thank you so very much for sending them!!!💕
Well, Anne, it is very hard to pick a favorite Well Worded topic, as I have enjoyed every one of them. As a retired English teacher and the new step-grandma to a 14 year old boy and a 4 year old girl, those that speak to me the most are those that deal with encouraging children to read and write. If I must choose one post, I would select Teach Your Children. I run into many of my former students, and one of them, much to my delight, wrote and published a collection of poetry. He was so excited to tell me about it and to thank me for opening up the world of poetry to him. When I was teaching, most of my own reading and writing was related to my duties as a classroom teacher: rereading texts I planned to teach; developing lesson plans, teacher-created sample texts, powerpoints, worksheets, and tests; writing emails and letters; completing required paperwok the school and district required (usually for some ridiculous reason). Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. My encounter with my former student and your posts have encouraged me to do more of what I love the most-reading and writing for personal enjoyment.
Jodie, I love all this muchly! The fact that you affected a kid that strongly (and I'm sure many others who simply haven't told you) AND that you yourself have been inspired to do more reading and writing for fun just makes my week!
My favorite, so far, was “love letters.”
I already told you why.
Looking forward to many more installments.
Thank you, Brian. I loved your feedback on that one! xoxo
Loved this so much, Anne! Wonderful post. Years ago I organized a national letter writing day via Facebook and inspired a handful of folks to write letters. I send handwritten postcards and letters quite often. The tips included here are extremely helpful and fun. I’d love to share this post in one of my future Stacks since mine is dedicated to things/people deemed “old,” if that’s okay with you.
Hilary! So pleased to hear your comments! Yes, of course, absolutely share it - I'm honored!
Like your pub too! You had me at the Dorothy Parker quote. ;->
Dorothy Parker is the best. Thanks for the follow back. Your post inspired me to send 4 postcards today. 📝🩵
Wow, that's great! I'm glad to hear that. 😊