January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 30, 2011
Friends: On Friday, I had the great privilege of visiting Pelahatchie Elementary in Pelahatchie, Mississippi. My visit was coordinated and organized by Brenda Black, Librarian. She is one amazing woman! On Thursday night, Brenda took me to dinner at Amerigo in Jackson, Mississippi. Can we say OMG – YUM!!!?!!! There, I met Dana Lee, Pelahatchie’s [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 29, 2011
Friends: On Wednesday, January 26, 2011, I presented two professional development sessions at the Louisiana Pre-K/Kindergarten conference sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Education. My first session was “Handmade Tales: Stories to Make and Take” full of simple cut and tell and draw and tell tales. I began with “Joseph Had an Overcoat” (pictured above). [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 25, 2011
Friends: Today was the 10th and final day of my “Stories on Board: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales” at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. It was “Gradewide Game Day” where all the students came to the cafeteria to play the games their fellow students created. The first group to come into the cafeteria first [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 24, 2011
Friends: My Saturday was spent signing books at Sam’s Clubs in Kenner and Slidell, Louisiana. I had a great time at both stores. In Kenner, one lady gushed about how her grandchildren loved The Cajun Cornbread Boy so much that she had a recording of them singing, “Run, cher, run as fast as you can. [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 21, 2011
Friends: Today was Day 9 of my 10-day “Stories on Board: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales” residency at Strehle Elementary School in Avondale, LA. The first class I visited was Ms. Hervey’s first grade class. Because the class was on a field trip yesterday, we have to rearrange my schedule to fit them in [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 21, 2011
Friends: Today was the 8th day of my “Stories on Board: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales” residency at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. First and second grades went on a field trip to the Insectarium in the morning so I had a little break. My first class started in second period. I visited Ms. [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 19, 2011
Friends: Today was the 7th day of my 10-day “Stories on Board: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales” residency at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. My first class began in first grade in Ms. Short’s class. It was my second and final visit to the class and I told them the story of “The Little [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 19, 2011
Friends: Today was Day 6 of my “Stories on Board: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales” residency at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. This will be a short blog because, like a goofball, I forgot to take pictures of my awesome fifth grade classes! I was so involved in the first part of my lesson [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 17, 2011
Friends: Saturday, January 15 was my birthday and I had a fabulous party. We had a murder mystery party set at a Roaring 20s Chicago Speakeasy. For two days, we prepped the food and party decor. It turned out great! On the buffet we had: marinated asparagus, alfredo cheese pasta bake in ramekins, Italian meatballs, [...]
January 2011
by Dianne de Las Casas on January 17, 2011
Friends: Friday was the fifth day of my “Stories on Board” residency at Strehle Elementary in Avondale, Louisiana. My morning was full of kindergarten classes. First, I visited Ms. Clausing’s class for the first time. After I told the story of “The Gingerbread Man,” the students played the game, “The Gingerbread Jam.” They had fun [...]
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