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Floating into the New Year –

December 31, 2014 Claire Annette Noland 6 Comments

  A few months ago my daughter, Roxanne, suggested that we go and decorate the Rose Parade float built by the students at the Cal Poly Universities. I’m always ready for a field trip so we signed up. Unfortunately, Roxanne was scheduled to work on campus so my brother, John, joined me. We kept asking […]

Filed Under: Celebrate, Farm Fresh, Field Trips, Inspirations, Places Tagged With: Cal Poly Rose Parade Float, Cal Poly Soaring Stories Float, New Year's Float, Rose parade, Rose Parade Float building

Thanksgiving Day – thinking of children who need families

November 27, 2014 Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

  As we enjoy this time of family and give thanks for many blessings, I think of children who do not live with families of their own. After adopting two of our children through Holt International Children’s services, my husband and I became aware of the overwhelming number of vulnerable children in the word. Children […]

Filed Under: Field Trips, Inspirations, Places Tagged With: Holt International Children's Services, Holt International Vision Statement, International adoption, Special Needs Adoption

R is for raising readers…

April 21, 2014 Claire Annette Noland 1 Comment

I never grow tired of watching a child learn to read. It is an amazing process that has determined the course of my  life. There’s so much we can do to help raise readers. Here are a few suggestions: 1. Read to your children. This is simple advice but the most important. 2. Let your […]

Filed Under: Books, Field Trips, Inspirations, Places Tagged With: a-z blog challenge, learning to read, Leo Politi Murals, raising a reader, South Pasadena Public Library

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