Day 31 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Reflections

Whew! I made it! Day 31! Last year, my daughter and I 'sliced' together. Each day, Lily (who was four years old at the time) told a story and I either video-recorded it, wrote it down, or photographed her writing and posted it. I learned so much about storytelling and how to inspire Lily--to this …

Day 30 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Sick Day

Ugh... our whole family is sick today. We're coughing, and throwing up, and bumbling around the house in our pajamas. My one year old son, Jackson, can't stop crying. Indie, our dog, howls sadly along with him. The noise and the cold grey day outside pretty much sums up how we all feel. Ugh... That's about …

Day 29 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Alice, Part 4

The sun at the tippy-top of the mountain shone brightly on the rocky terrain. One large rock in particular, a long and jagged boulder, jutted precariously out from the rock face of the cliff side. Far below were the tops of the trees shading a deep tangle of branches, brush, and a hiking trail. At the very bottom a brook …

Day 28 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Not So Little

I asked my daughter, Lily, "What should I write about today?" "Write about when I was little," she replied. At that moment, it dawned on me that she wasn't so little anymore. Five years old is pretty big, compared to five months old, or a year, or two or three. "Well..." Lily tapped the table …

Day 27 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Comic Life

Day 26 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Alice, Part 3

Playing with fiction again. This is a continuation of a story about Alice. You can read the first part of the story here. And click here for Part 2 of Alice. Alice, half asleep, crawled out of her tent. Groggily, she stretched and took a deep breath of the woodsy, sweet smelling air. Pine trees and …

Day 25 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Alice, Part 2

Playing with fiction again. This is a continuation of a story about Alice. You can read the first part of the story here.  Alice awoke. She found herself sprawled on the cold and wet forest floor, feet partially buried in leaves. A stick was jammed uncomfortably into her side. As she slowly sat up,wet leaves stuck to the side …

Day 24 Slice of Life Story Challenge: In My Bag

Inspired by a student post, here is what is in my school bag: No less than three packs of Post-its of various shapes, sizes, and colors Five pens: one black Flair pen, two black Uniball pens, one cheap Staples ball point pen Two crumpled receipts from Dunkin Donuts: large coffees An empty bottle of my migraine …

Day 23 Slice of Life Story Challenge: Fur Baby

I am the mother of two children. Lily, my daughter, is five years old. She loves the outdoors, and building things, and science, and dramatic play. She loves to storytell, and draw, and write (wonder where she got that from?). She's very organized and is quite the perfectionist. She's a firecracker, a ball of very …

Day 22 Slice of Life Story Challenge: First Steps

I took off my snow boots in the lobby of Jackson's daycare. No shoes allowed in the infant room. Before I opened the door to go and pick him up and bring him home, I peeked through the classroom window and watched him playing with the other babies and Kerry, our favorite caregiver. One of …