Beth Pinyerd Articles

Summer Treasures

This past week, I watched as the yellow school buses drove by to pick up students early. As a retired teacher, I knew earlydismissal on this day meant school is out and it is time for summer.As a teacher, I had mixed feelings when school was out. My little classroom...

Promises of Life Begin

I can clearly remember when I graduated from Opelika High School in 1971 at Clift Hare Football Stadium. I told my daddy and uncle that I was so glad to be finished. They both looked at me, laughed and told me that I had just begun. And yes, they were so right. The...

Sipping Coffee With My Grandmother

As Mother’s Day approaches this coming Sunday, I am warmly reminded of the time my grandmother, Lillie Mae Jones, spent with me at The Pines Motel Restaurant on the Columbus-Opelika Highway.  Every month as a young child, a teenager and on, I looked forward to those...

  We Welcome May Events

May Day was this past Monday, and from my days growing up in Opelika, I remember that our schools would celebrate May Day with beautiful maypoles with different colors of crepe streamers or ribbons. At recess, we had fun dancing around the maypole as we welcomed the...
Engage Your Childrenin October Celebrations

Lee County Displays Autumn

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. By Beth Pinyerd  I love South Alabama,...

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Engage Your Childrenin October Celebrations

Happy Grandparents Day

By Beth Pinyerd “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. This past year the pandemic...

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Engage Your Childrenin October Celebrations

Teacher’s Treasure Boxes

By Beth Pinyerd Every year, early childhood teachers love to have a classroom Treasure Box full of trinkets, stickers and toys to reward good...

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Engage Your Childrenin October Celebrations

Hello August Celebrations

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. As teachers, parents and students, August...

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