"No! We're Not There Yet!"
I remember being a kid in the back of the family station wagon on the way to White Sands Beach on the Connecticut shore. My grandparents...
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DJ Nicholson
- Mar 10, 2022
- 2 min
The Blue Fleece Blanket
Creating a sense of belonging makes all the difference. Every child wants to belong to their school community. In school communities,...
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DJ Nicholson
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
All Wrapped Up in Newspaper
I saw a post in an educator Facebook group the other day asking, "What is the best gift you've ever received from a student?" Now... I've...
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DJ Nicholson
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
From an A to a D...
Long, long ago in high school, I was not an extrovert. In fact, I was very quiet and unassuming, except to those that knew me best. I...
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DJ Nicholson
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Under the Table and Dreaming
Under the table... like all the way under... so that the underside of the table protects you like an umbrella. Under the table was where...
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DJ Nicholson
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Rocks, Flowers, and Concrete... Oh My!
Of all of the gifts that I received as a teacher, gift cards were my least favorite. Gifts from the heart were the greatest. Leslie...
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DJ Nicholson
- Nov 5, 2021
- 2 min
The Girl With a Thousand Descriptors
Like charades with words... "Ms. DJ. I went to the store yesterday with mommy, and I pushed it." I, of course, had some idea of what...
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DJ Nicholson
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
A Fire WHAT?!?
Exquitenger! He was five years old with autism and a language impairment... and had a love for learning new, and BIG words. I had a fire...
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