by Mary E. Cronin | Jul 17, 2024 | Cape Cod, Teaching
It was three years ago this week that I signed my contract to become a Literacy Coach in a school district here on Cape Cod. I love working in a K-3 school, where the magic of emerging readers and writers is crackling! I wrote a poem about working with a struggling...
by Mary E. Cronin | Jul 5, 2024 | Poetry
As the school year was winding to a close, I had the delight of returning to P.S. 86 in the Bronx to lead a series of poetry workshops. I attended P.S. 86 as a young child. The students were all-in– welcoming, and ready to have fun! We talked about how every...
by Mary E. Cronin | Apr 5, 2024 | Poetry, Teaching
I wrote a poem about the magic of teaching a child to read, “Still.” It captures why I love what I do as a Literacy Coach in a K-3 school. It’s just been published in the latest issue of Radical Teacher! Although there are days that I wish I could stay...
by Mary E. Cronin | Dec 22, 2023 | Poetry, Uncategorized
Last week I had the delight of leading a Poetry Friday lesson in a second-grade classroom. I used my poem “Skating with Dad,” featured on the wonderful poetry website Dirigible Balloon. After reading the chart together, we had fun using highlighter tape,...
by Mary E. Cronin | Dec 8, 2023 | LGBTQ+
The news of my debut picture book was shared on Publishers Weekly this week, and I could not be more excited! LIKE A MOTHER BEAR is a picture book biography of Jeanne Manford, an amazing advocate and mother who founded PFLAG, an advocacy group for parents and loved...