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Stories before Bedtime
Through my early years of childhood, my mother used to read my sisters and me stories before bedtime. This helped me build my reading and language skills. I began to love books. Especially books with pictures. -
Drawing
I went to head start and my teacher had us do a lot of drawing. That is where my love for drawing began. I loved drawing animals and this continued through my entire school years. -
Painting in Art Class
I had my first painting experience in my kindergarten art class. Our teacher had my class do a painting for every holiday to take home to our parents. Painting helped me express myself as i was very shy throughout my elementary school years. -
Discovering Computers
In third grade, my teacher took the entire class to the computer lab. We played around with the computers for a bit. She showed us a drawing program called KidPix and I was in awe. I enjoyed this program because it involved drawing, painting and reading. -
Spelling Bees
In my fourth grade year, our teacher had my classmates an me do spelling bees. Because I spent a lot of time reading, I was in first or second place throughout the entire school year. -
Sign Language
In 1999, I met a friend who lived in my neighborhood who did not have the ability to hear or speak. I liked him as a person and wanted to be able to communicate with him so he began teaching me sign language and I learned enough for us to be able to communicate. It was very interesting. -
Poems
My sixth grade year is when I became interested in poetry. My reading teacher had my classmates and I write poems throughout the year. I was into poetry, I began writing poems for fun at home. -
Book made by Me
During my high school years, one of my cousin's daughters had a show and tell project. She asked me if I can draw a picture for her because she liked my drawings. I decided to make her a hard cover book to show her class and all her classmates were amazed. -
Passing Along the Knowledge
My first niece was born in 2008. I was so excited and I loved reading to her before her bedtime. It became a routine. I wanted her to love reading as much as I did and to experience reading growing up like my sisters and I did. -
Like Mother, Like Daughter
My daughter turned one in October of 2018. She spends a lot of time with her older cousin who loves to draw. Because she loves to draw, I bought her a drawing pad. I draw with her almost every day as much as I can. Until this day, she uses that pad throughout the day and doodles. I draw letters and pictures for her and she enjoys watching me draw.
