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Beth Pinyerd Articles

Baby Boomers: Go back to class

BY BETH PINYERD OPINION — The United States Census Bureau defines Baby Boomers as “individuals born in the United States between 1946 and mid 1964.” As a Baby Boomer who is 71 years old, where has time gone?Just like when you have a child, they were babies it seems...
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The easel of your child’s life

OPINION — One of the special learning centers I enjoy children rotating through in the classroom is the art center. A fresh white sheet of paper stretched and clamped on an easel or laid out on a table is just waiting to be drawn, colored or painted on by the hand of...
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Running through the rain

BY BETH PINYERD OPINION — I love living in central Alabama where we experience a lot of Spring rains. I remember sitting on my parents’ screened back porch and watching the rains come in. Living in south Alabama by the beautiful Mobile Bay for many years it was...
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Our community rolls out for Easter

OPINION — Baby Boomers who grew up in the community remember how Lee County celebrated Easter with children and families. My brother, Frank V. Jones, and I were recalling how Mrs. Alma Martin at Northside Elementary School in Opelika celebrated each Easter with an...
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Planting Seeds with Your Child

Planting Seeds with Your Child

Jun 29, 2022

By Beth Pinyerd Ecclesiastes 3:1,2 states, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a...

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Kind Acts and Music Beat the Heat

Reading From Outer Space

May 18, 2022

By Beth Pinyerd I love to read “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown to preschoolers. The book colorfully illustrates the night sky with the moon...

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A Graduation Gift

May 11, 2022

By Beth Pinyerd It is graduation time. We, teachers, have bonded with our class family. As teachers, we have hope for our students as they move up...

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