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Writing Workshop! Place Yourself—With Courage and Imagination

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Flower Friends Place Yourself

So many writers are inextricably tied to places they’ve written about. And so many places are waiting for their writers. Where is your place? In this workshop, through readings, activities and writings, you’ll explore where you’ve been and where you are, in ways that might help you to see where you’re going.

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A Publishing Opportunity for Our Patrons

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Gorgeous Butterfly Ecochallenge

This National Poetry Month, we’re going to combine our 30 Days of poem-making with another organization’s effort: The Drawdown EcoChallenge. Here’s how to participate—and maybe get published.

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Poetic Earth Month—30 Days, 30 Poems Challenge

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Boy Rock Climbing

This April, join the Tweetspeak Community in a Poetic Earth Month 30 Days, 30 Poems Challenge! With two ways to take the challenge, it’s simple and soul-enriching. Choose one, or mix it up. Then tell the community what you’re doing, and share your poem-ing along the way.

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What the World Needs Now is Love

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There are two love stories we’re honored to share with a world that needs love. Come learn the secret (and join in a few congratulations!).

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, The Teacher Diaries, Valentine's Day, william shakespeare

A Is for Azure: Zaffre Fun Facts and Prompt

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A Is for Azure-Zaffre Goodbye

Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, discover zaffre. Learn facts about this brilliant, “pre-scientific” color, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!

Filed Under: A Is for Azure, A Is for Azure Pronunciation Videos, Blog

Poetry for Life Scholarship Winner: Maria A. Esguerra

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Poetry for Life scholarship - mountain landscape

We announce the winner of this year’s Poetry for Life Scholarship, Maria A. Esguerra.

Filed Under: Blog, Nature Poems, Poetry for Life

Make it the Most Colorful Holiday

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Rainbow and Orange Mug

Our newly updated shop features bright, colorful art-ware for everyone on your holiday gift list, from sneakers and tote bags to decorative plates and mugs.

Filed Under: A Is for Azure, Blog, Holiday Gifts

A Is For Azure: The Alphabet in Colors—Xanthic Fun Facts & Poetry Prompt

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Xanthic the Color

Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, discover xanthic. Learn facts about this bright yellow color, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!

Filed Under: A Is for Azure, A Is for Azure Pronunciation Videos, Blog, Teach Colors

A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors – Vermilion Fun Facts and Poetry Prompt!

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Vermilion Pronunciation

Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, discover vermilion. Learn facts about this expensive (and sometimes deadly) color, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!

Filed Under: A Is for Azure, A Is for Azure Pronunciation Videos, Blog, Teach Colors

A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors—Jasmine Fun Facts and Prompt!

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A Is for Azure-Jasmine Fun Facts

Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, discover jasmine. Learn cool facts about this soothing color, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!

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A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors—Heliotrope Fun Facts and Prompt!

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A Is for Azure-Heliotrope Trio

Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, discover heliotrope. Learn cool facts about this delicious color, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!

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A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors—Fuchsia Fun Facts and Prompt!

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A Is for Azure- A Fuchsia Heart

Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, meet fuchsia. Learn cool facts about this hot hot pink, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!

Filed Under: A Is for Azure, A Is for Azure Pronunciation Videos, Blog, Teach Colors

A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors — Azure Fun Facts and Prompt!

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As Is for Azure - How to Pronounce Azure

Colors have cool histories, intriguing origins, cultural meanings, wonderful names. Today, meet azure. Learn cool facts about this brilliant blue, hear its pronunciation, and write a truly colorful vignette or haiku!

Filed Under: A Is for Azure, A Is for Azure Pronunciation Videos, Blog, Teach Colors

Fun Reading Activities: Color & Trace “Molly On the Books”

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LTR Featured Molly on books

Early readers Molly and Joe want to help a child learn to read. Learn fun facts about books and write a page-turner limerick with this fun reading activity coloring page.

Filed Under: Blog, Learn to Read, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Molly and Joe Want to Know

Fun Reading Activities: Color & Trace “Joe, a Grill and Brisket”

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LTR Joe Brisket

Early readers Molly and Joe want to help a child learn to read. Learn fun facts about brisket and write a briskety good limerick with this fun reading activity coloring page.

Filed Under: Blog, Learn to Read, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Molly and Joe Want to Know, Teach Reading

Writing Workshop: Words You Can Taste!

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Words You Can Taste Banana Bread

In this delicious food-writing workshop, you’ll have a chance to look at popular favorites (potatoes, bread, cakes, anyone?) and a rainbow of foods you may or may not have ever developed a love for (eggplant, olives, sugar-coated rose petals?). Come write words you can taste!

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Fun Reading Activities: Color & Trace “Molly, Bread and Butter”

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LTR Molly Butter

Early readers Molly and Joe want to help a child learn to read. Learn fun facts about butter and write a buttery good limerick with this fun reading activity coloring page.

Filed Under: Blog, Learn to Read, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Molly and Joe Want to Know, Teach Reading

Fun Reading Activities: Color & Trace “A Buffalo and Joe”

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Molly and Joe Reader

Meet Molly and Joe, two wide-eyed early readers who can help a child learn to read. With this fun reading activity coloring page, meet the mischievous buffalo, too. Then use the “buffalo fun facts” to pen a limerick!

Filed Under: Blog, Learn to Read, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Molly and Joe Want to Know, Teach Reading

Thank You Notes: Teachers

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Teacher Thank You Apples

Thank You Notes is a monthly prompt that focuses on expressing our thanks to a particular person, place, or thing—in poems, paragraphs, or pictures. This month, we’re crafting thank-you’s to teachers.

Filed Under: Blog, Thank You Notes

Thank You Notes: Toys

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toys wooden dogs

Thank You Notes is a monthly prompt that focuses on expressing our thanks to a particular person, place, or thing—in poems, paragraphs, or pictures. This month, we’re crafting thank-you’s to Toys.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry prompt, Thank You Notes, writing prompt

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