Author: Kallie Dace

When I was a little girl, I remember working diligently to memorize several parts of the Sermon on the Mount. If you aren’t as familiar with this passage in Matthew, the Sermon on the Mount is found in chapters 5-7 and is one of Jesus’ first teachings after He was baptized, tempted in the wilderness,… Continue reading U-Haul Trucks and Heavenly Treasures Blogpost #23

May brings so many mixed emotions. Excitement builds as summer vacation inches closer and closer each day. Exhaustion weighs us down as we rush from one end of year program and activity to the next. Our calendars are full, and we try our best to squeeze in as many last events as possible to wrap… Continue reading Using TV storylines to Build Elaboration Skills Blog #22

Most people probably wouldn’t intentionally put the words “defiant” and “joy” together in a sentence. Unless maybe they say that a child’s defiance was stealing their joy.  Merriam Webster defines “defiant” as “showing a disposition to challenge, resist, or fight.” If we hear that our children are being defiant, we do not take this as… Continue reading Defiant Joy: Blogpost #21

Sometimes parents joke about the woes of raising their strong-willed child. The child who challenges their parents rules or ideas more than the other siblings. The one that has strong opinions about how things should go and wants to do things his or her own way. The old saying we often say in situations like… Continue reading Recognizing the Beauty in Our Strong-willed Children: Blogpost #20

Last Friday was a milestone moment for us. It was the first field trip that I have been able to attend with any of our children since 2019. Something as simple as going on a local adventure with your child, his teachers, and his classmates is a simple joy that we haven’t been able to… Continue reading Unexpected Joys of Attending a Kindergarten Field Trip: Blogpost #19

Why is it so much easier for us to celebrate when all the pieces come together, and we feel like the scenario we prayed for is perfectly complete? Newsworthy successes are such a small percentage of our actual lives, but when we are in the middle of a challenging season, the small wins can be… Continue reading Celebrating Progress Blog post #18

Just in time to fill your Amazon cart and receive packages on your doorstep for filling Easter baskets…I wanted to share with you all my all time favorite Biblical picture book series: Tales that Tell the Truth. As a Momma and literacy instructional coach, finding beautifully illustrated and written faith based books is a huge… Continue reading Favorite Biblical Picture Book Series: Blogpost #17

Some of my favorite memories over spring break included conferring with my niece Reagan over a story that she was writing. Imagine sweet, spunky Reagan’s eyes twinkling and her hands gesturing as she shared the details of her latest fairy tale. Look out world-this girl has an amazing voice as a writer! The neat thing… Continue reading Inspiring Our Early Writers Blogpost #16

As a teacher, every August I have the same recurring nightmare. I am teaching my heart out to a class of 40 fifth graders (I am unsure of why my classroom is so over crowded and why the students are always 5th graders). After I finish my lesson, hands raise all around the room signaling… Continue reading “Teaching for Transfer: The Power of Reimagining Anchor Charts into Checklists” Blog post #15

We are all created with a natural bent to lean on one or a few of our senses a little more heavily than the others. Figuring out which sense(s) is your natural go-to area is a way to become more productive and experience greater success for the time you spend working on a task. Whether… Continue reading The Power of Creating Visual Checklists and Schedules: Blogpost #14