Here are some more of the January journal pages I've been doing with Milliande's online prompts. My goal is to do one page for each day in January! I am totally impressed that I've done 21 days so far! It's been fun to check the gallery for each day's prompt and see how many ways there are to go with a theme idea! I still have the most trouble with the actual JOURNALING, writing enough on each page. I like how Milliande incorporates her writing into the design so you don't focus on the writing separately. Her words just seem to blend into the page as another design element.
I am so jazzed that I have kept up with the first 8 days of Milliande's January Journal prompts! She explored the theme of zebras for the first week. It's really cool to see how differently the theme is interpreted
by the artists who upload their work! So many great, inspiring ideas!
It is actually a miracle I got this far because my family has been dealing with a crisis this past week. Our 6 year old yellow lab, Maggie, was at the vet's fighting for her life for 5 days! I think the journaling kept me from freaking out! She is home now and we have a regimen of 5 kinds of pills several times a day and insulin shots twice a day. She is perking up a little but she has lost so much weight she is very weak.
All good thoughts and prayers for her are very welcome! Time will tell if I can complete
the journal challenges for the entire month. Wish me luck !!!!!
I have a degree in Child Development and have been teaching for 25 years. Most of these years have been spent with second graders with the exception of 4 years in first grade. I love introducing my students to the joy of reading "chapter books" and the language of literature.
I am a mixed-media artist and am lucky to be teaching at a fine arts magnet school. I use music and visual art every day in my classroom.
I have been married for 29 years and my husband teaches High School English. I have raised 4 wonderful kids and am still working on the yellow labs that live in our house.