I'm guilty of not giving attention to my website like I should be - but, there are many, many good reasons for that, and I am so excited to share them all with you. I wrote a book. Over the past couple of years, I have been writing children's books, and trying to get them published. However, that market is exceptionally hard to get into, so I decided to try something else: Poetry. As a child, my grade 3 teacher offered a poetry program in the summer for 1 week. Naturally, I took this course for 3 summers in a row. Any summer program that involved reading and writing was where I was going to be. Fast forward 17 years later, and I found my poetic inspiration to write my own poetry book. What was a year in the making turned into a printed book called Love and Other Anxieties. Now, I have just finished my first book launch and am in the process of travelling to bookstores to continue launching it and signing. I started a literacy program for struggling readers and writers. It's called the Caterpillar Club. Each week is a different theme (for example, one week was all Robert Munsch books). We work on writing in regards to the theme, phonics, phonics game and of course, free play (it's summer, duh!). Here's an example: What excites me the most about this project is that I genuinely see an improvement with the kids, and they are starting to enjoy reading and writing! Podcasting again - Finally. After a year of attempting to podcast, but it losing every time to lesson planning, I'm finally getting back into it again. New EP up on my podcast page. I recorded with colleague and friend Vicki. We talk about our year, our goals, our struggles and about that teacher life. More to come! More blogging. I have been and still am writing for a blog that is affiliated with the tutoring centre iTutor. You can check it out here: https://www.itutorls.com/blog Getting ready to finally take a break. I leave Saturday for vacation, and I (strangely) look forward to turning off - no cell phone, no emails, no blogs or podcasts. If you'd like to collaborate on a podcast, leave a comment below ↓ ↓ ↓ You can purchase my book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Love-Other-Anxieties-Karaline-Vla/dp/1072391007/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=love+and+other+anxieties&qid=1563846197&s=gateway&sr=8-1 You can learn more about the Caterpillar Club here: https://cpclubb.wixsite.com/caterpillarclub
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