November 21, 2024
~Understanding the Adult Ed Alphabet Soup~ ~ Revised November 21, 2024. Originally posted November 8, 2017 ~ Most people have childhood memories of letter-shaped SpaghettiOs® or alphabet soup, quick, and inexpensive warm meals served by busy parents. But as adults, the term “alphabet soup” takes on a far less nostalgic …
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July 05, 2024
The Seeds of Literacy Class of 2024 celebrated with a ceremony at Tri-C Metro’s Campus Center on Saturday, June 29. A new venue for the Seeds graduation, the space afforded the opportunity for even more friends and family to attend. Thirty of the year’s 120 graduates decorated their caps, put …
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January 22, 2024
“It’s warm in the winter, cool in the summer, the coffee is free, and once in awhile, someone brings donuts,” joked long-time tutor Dean Knauss. Those things are true, but it’s actually the progress of the students that keeps him coming back. Echoing what many tutors tell us, he loves …
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December 12, 2023
On the first day of Christmas the Seeds Staff gave to me On the second day of Christmas the Seeds Staff gave to me On the third day of Christmas the Seeds Staff gave to me On the fourth day of Christmas the Seeds Staff gave to me On the …
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August 01, 2023
In today’s busy world, finding the time and inclination to volunteer is often difficult. And we’ve all done it. Talked ourselves out of wonderful volunteer opportunities. Sometimes we think we don’t have what it takes. Sometimes we think we don’t have time. Sometimes we just don’t understand the opportunity that …
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April 02, 2023
As a writer of children’s and young adult literature, Tricia Springstubb carries a pen and notebook with her always, ready if inspiration strikes. It’s served her well – she’s published nearly 20 books, and her most recent sold more than 100,000 copies! As an author, she’s a frequent speaker at …
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December 05, 2022
Before moving to Virginia, Billy Hallal was a Site Coordinator at Seeds. You can take the boy out of Seeds but you can’t take Seeds out of the boy. Now at ForKids — one of the largest providers of homeless services to families in Virginia — he’s still sharing our …
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November 30, 2022
NOVEMBER 30, 2022 (CLEVELAND, OH) – A city that reads together grows together. That’s the purpose behind the Cleveland Reads Citywide Reading Challenge. The goal is for the entire city to collectively read one million books and/or one million minutes in 2023. Sign up online at clevelandreads.com and to use …
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November 18, 2019
Seeds of Literacy was awarded a $5,000 grant from the CareSource Foundation, which will be used to aid and potentially expand Seeds of Literacy’s programing for its students. The grant was awarded Nov. 14 to Seeds of Literacy and its President and CEO, Bonnie Entler, and will be used to …
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February 05, 2018
~ The First Stage of the Writing Process ~ Too often we assume that writing happens instantaneously and without much thought; however, the important thing to remember is that writing takes time. (And usually a lot of planning.) Prewriting is the first, and some say the most important, stage of …
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