About Author Melissa Taylor
Off the cuff bio:
Hi! I’m Melissa, a mom of two girls — a roller derby rock star and a fairy princess, both under the age of ten. They’re fun but challenging as kids can be.
Fortunately, I’m also a writer so I console myself by writing about all my real life agonies like dealing with epilepsy in my youngest daughter and anxiety in my older daughter. I’m a year into freelancing for local magazines and still working on breaking into nationals.
There’s also the teacher part of me — I love to teach, especially reading and writing and although I left the elementary classroom a few years ago, I still teach writing classes out of my home. I think kids are like puzzles; when you figure out what clicks for them with learning, it’s magical!
I started Imagination Soup May of 2009 on a whim — partly to promote my writing classes and partly to post on the ideas I was doing at home with my kids. Friends thought I took for granted my teaching background and loved hearing about random things I did with my girls. Those became my first blog posts.
Now, as well as weekly blogging primarily about reading and writing, I’m honored to invite guest bloggers, most of whom are children’s authors or illustrators, to share their ideas, too. It’s fun to collaborate with other writers who care passionately about literacy, learning and fun!
I also blog for Colorado Parent Magazine where I’m the Book Editor-at-Large. For this blog, Bookmarkable, I review and giveaway the best new children’s books — I’m a crazy book-nerd and hope this blog shares that with others.
Other important things you should know. I hate cooking but do it anyway. I can be bribed with coffee (or books). My favorite movies are Pan’s Labyrinth and Cinema Paradiso. Even thought I watch Law and Order, I think t.v. stinks.
And that’s about it.
Stuffy bio:
Melissa Taylor is a writer, a teacher and a parent. As a teacher, she won Outstanding Teacher in Douglas County Schools. She understands instruction, assessment, differentiation, learning styles, multiple intelligences, learning disabilities and curriculum. With a M.A. in Global Education from the University of Denver and a B.A. in English from Colorado State University, Taylor continues to learn and keep her knowledge current with best practices in instruction, brain research, literacy, child development, play and other related topics.
As an educational writer, Taylor writes articles for web and print. Find her writing portfolio at www.melissatayloronline.com.
Taylor hopes Imagination Soup will give you plenty of ideas to keep your kids learning every day. Post comments or email her at Melissa@imaginationsoup.net Follow her on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/imaginationsoup.net .
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