by Kerry Zagarella The Chase the Butterfly for CureCMT4J road race is a joyous celebration of human kindness and strength, with an...

I remember the first moment I became a reader. I’m not talking about when I first learned the mechanics of reading; that happened when I...

By Kerry Zagarella 2021 will go down in my teaching history as one of the most inspirational years ever and it was not because of the...

A few months back, during another Covid online shopping spree, I bought some tunics. Long, big huge tunics, that I could wear with...

I have been teaching young children my whole life, a little over 4 decades to be exact. I know I am fortunate to have a career that I...

I really can’t remember which cereal or candy bar was behind the Pan Am plastic airplane mail-in give away promotion of my 1960 childhood...

Teaching has always been about making connections. The most successful classrooms establish collaborative routines, mutual respect,...

How about we all share a New Year’s resolution and Make America Great Again?! It is hard to argue with the idea of making something great...

I love a gray day. The darker the better and as a backdrop to the orange sherbet creamsicle leaves the season becomes a stunning...

Idealism is often described as a characteristic of adolescence. An excerpt from the Health Academy in Australia notes, “Adolescents begin...

The day the USA Women’s Soccer Team won the World Cup I was deep into staring at a screen writing something or other. I didn’t even know...

Happy Mother's Day y'all. I wrote these two poems as I thought about my mom, Judy. Made for More attempts to capture a moment I...

Today is Earth Day. Yesterday, on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka terrorists attacked and murdered hundreds of people in a house of worship. I...

Back in September of 2018 I was forced to join the “Me Too” movement...yes, forced. The phrase, “Me Too” coined by activist Tarana Burke...

This morning I watched the sunrise through a thicket of winter branches stretching towards and away from each other framing the backdrop...

The beginning of the story, is the same for all of us. We all lose things and spend time cursing ourselves for not being more organized...

How do we practice being joyful, when being joyful becomes a mandate? How do we get in the spirit? It is nearly impossible to avoid the...

Young folks are natural Joybullies. They might be called idealists, but we call them realists. Our small planet is a big village twirling...

I voted yesterday, like I always do without any problems. I went before work and easily parked my car. I walked into the polls and...

BE THE STAR PLAYER! The World Series ended last night. My team, my local team, won it. Those scrappy young determined men, led by their...