I learned to knit when I was in high school. I have knit many sweaters, scarves, hats, mittens, and throws. I used a variety of yarn and types of stitches, but I knew something was not quite right. I could follow patterns and graphs, but I found that I had to change the ways I stitched sometimes so that the stitches did not twist. I was fine with that, and when I began teaching I had no time for knitting so I just didn’t worry about it. That is, I didn’t care until I rec

Years ago, when I first joined NJAKE, I felt isolated teaching the only kindergarten in the school. I needed someone to talk to about my classroom who understood the problems that popped up and who also shared my excitement over what I call “The kindergarten aha,” the late winter-early spring change in the children when they put everything together. My school sent me to a NAEYC conference where Lois Waltz mentioned NJAKE at the end of her workshop. I talked to her, took a