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Taking a break

Posted on September 3, 2012 by admin

Hello! Fishscale Girl, Cate, and I are taking a break from My Adventures in the Awesome World. Cate has a ton of things going; Fishscale Girl and I are working together on a book featuring the beauty and wonder of … Continue reading →

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Cousins

Posted on July 27, 2012 by admin

Hello! How are you all? This is Fishscale Girl, and today I want to tell you about Cate’s cousins in France! They are my cousins, too, after this visit. Rosita and I were traveling with Cate and her brother, and … Continue reading →

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Monarch butterfly time again

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

Hello, this is Ann. It is spring here in Iowa, and we are thinking about monarch butterflies. Monarchs need two kinds of plants — plants that the growing caterpillars can eat and flowering plants with nectar for the adult butterflies. … Continue reading →

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Lesson 5, Learn to read Spanish

Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

Welcome to Lesson 5. Read about these lessons at Learn to read Spanish with Fishscale Girl. Some letters sound almost the same in Spanish and English. In this lesson, we read words with: p, t, v, and c (as in … Continue reading →

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Lesson 4, Learn to read Spanish

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

Welcome to Lesson 4. Read about these lessons at Learn to read Spanish with Fishscale Girl. Some letters sound almost the same in Spanish and English. In this lesson, we read words with: n and the vowel: u Look at … Continue reading →

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Lesson 3, Learn to read Spanish

Posted on February 20, 2012 by admin

Welcome to Lesson 3. Read about these lessons at Learn to read Spanish with Fishscale Girl. Some letters sound almost the same in Spanish and English. In this lesson, we read words with: b r and the vowel: i Look … Continue reading →

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Lesson 2, Learn to read Spanish

Posted on February 15, 2012 by admin

Welcome to Lesson 2. Read about these lessons at Learn to read Spanish with Fishscale Girl. Some letters sound almost the same in Spanish and English. In this lesson, we read words with: ch d g f and the vowel: … Continue reading →

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Lesson 1, Learn to read Spanish

Posted on February 15, 2012 by admin

Welcome to Lesson 1. Read about these lessons at Learn to read Spanish with Fishscale Girl. Some letters sound almost the same in Spanish and English. In this lesson, we read words with: c (as in cat) s m l … Continue reading →

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Refugees in our community

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

Last Friday, Fishscale Girl and I visited the World Relief office. The people who work for World Relief and their many volunteers help refugees. First, we asked who, exactly, is a refugee, and we learned this sad truth — refugees are … Continue reading →

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Silvis Public Library welcomes everyone

Posted on January 15, 2012 by admin

Hello, Thursday morning Fishscale Girl and I headed out in the first winter storm of the new year so that we could visit the Silvis Public Library, in Silvis, Illinois, for Story Time. We remembered the friendliness of the staff … Continue reading →

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