Mary Emma's Learning Activities Blog

Although this isn't really about one-room schools, although it could interest current teachers and does relate to education, I've begun a blog, Mary Emma's Learning Activities, where I can share lesson plans and activities.

I've long wanted to do this...develop activities from the lessons I teach when I'm subbing, working with home schoolers, and conducting at young author workshops. After providing lessons to home schooling moms during a workshop, I decided it was time to get this going.

Since I've just begun my blog, there isn't much there yet. But keep checking. Also, let me know what might interest you.

Keeping in Contact with One-Room School Classmates

Even though the years have passed, many years, since I attended the one-room school in Poughquag, NY, I'm still in contact with three of my classmates, as well as my sister. We have memories of those few years we acquired learning under Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Burr.

We live in different parts of the country and see one another seldom. But we keep in contact by letter, e-mail and Facebook. I've discovered photos of us taken during those years and must make copies to send to the other gals.

We need to share more of our memories and make them available for our children and grandchildren, who will never attend one of these small schools.

How are you preserving your one-room school heritage?

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Many Fascinated by One-Room Schools

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  Whenever I've written about one-room schools and my connection with them, I've discovered that others are fascinsted by them, too.
  
  They tell stories about their experiences or want to hear about my connection with these places of learning.
  
  
  Often they:
• Attended one


• Have parents who attended them


• Taught at one


• Have family members of the current generation or previous who taught at a one-room school


• Researched them


• Interviewed those who attended


• Took photos of those existing today, either as a school, home or historic building


• Sketched the schools


• Visited them


• Are simply fascinated with them as part of our American heritage
• Compiled stories about these places of learning

What is your connection with one-room schools?

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