My dear friend, Debbie, teaches 5th grade at Emerson School in Ann Arbor. A couple of weeks ago, Debbie invited me to be a guest in her classroom to celebrate National Poetry Month. Yippee! I was so tickled and honored. For years, she has been using my haiku to teach her students. Awwww.
I arrived and this was waiting for me on the cool beans, new fangled bulletin board.
I smiled from ear to ear! She interacts with it from a power point presentation she creates on her laptop! Debbie introduced me and started an interactive discussion with her students and filled in the board as she went along. Neato keen!
Look at the way she combined my haiku along with a couple of my photos! I was blown away!
Did I mention I love this board? 
Then it was my turn. Again, yippee!! I read haiku from my Young Adults Booklet, and was tickled pink I held their interest the entire time. As you may guess, I was quite animated and maybe just a bit dramatic. You can’t tell in this photo, but I was, LOL!
Debbie’s students were smart, attentive, interesting children. When I finished, they began to compose their own haiku, and were quite excited to share them with me. Although we ran out of time, they were going to illustrate their haiku, and Debbie was going to make a booklet of them. Of course, I’m first in line to get a copy.
A parting haiku for me! 
I adored seeing my friend of many years in her element.
Debbie is the type of teacher no child will forget. She is a brilliant educator, and knows how to relate to her students, no matter what grade she is teaching. I was beaming watching her in action.
Many thanks Debbie for including me in your program, surprising me with the unexpected invitation, allowing me to partake in the fun, and for a totally delightful afternoon! It is not one I shall soon forget.
Off to art class with memories of this special day, Margie
I think it’s grand that you shared your talent with your friend’s students. That’s so important in education. As teachers, we appreciate it when we have a real person who is connected with the subject we are teaching come to “show & tell”. It is very meaningful to the students, and it shows them how Haiku can be used in “real life”. You helped create a memory LINK with those children that they won’t forget. And aren’t those “Smart Boards” amazing?
Technology!
What a wonderful day for you Margie, and what a special treat for the students and your friend. Thank you for sharing, I smiled knowing you had smiled all day long,
good luck everywhere to read your Haikus, Margie!
Hi Margie, How very wonderful!
I know Ellen, I was thrilled!
Margie I can really well picture you having a great time. What a nice opportunity to connect with not only your friend but great young minds ….. At the same time you introduce them to poetry.
Good for you!!
Thanks Pat! You know I had a wonderful time!
An imaginative and creative teacher. And how nice you participated too Margie
Cheers!
Cheers to you dear Dilip, also an amazing educator!
What an incredible experience, Margie. In fact, it inspired a haiku of my own:
Looks like you had fun
Reading this was great fun too
Thank you for sharing.
Yay! I love when my readers leave haiku! Thank you so much Kris!
Wow, Margie! How exciting for you! There must be a teacher in you too! Your friend sounds like she influences many lives in a positive way…
It was so much fun and such an honor to be asked!
How wonderful, Margie! Such an honor for you and for your friend to spend the day in creativity with each other and with the children.
It was great Mary!
hello margie, too bad you do not live in ohio – i have some little ones you could visit. teaching is a challenging and wonderful career. i’m glad you enjoyed it, and that your friend loves it, too.
You know I would be on board!
I love the photos too.
I’m finally catching up again on blog posts. Thanks for your patience! 
Always a pleasure to see you here whenever you can Elizabeth!
Very fun Margie! I am sure you were a fun guest and related well to the kids. I am sure they found you a delight. Your friend is a teacher I would have enjoyed. Maybe I would have liked school much better than I did. I had two cool teachers, my Latin teacher and my English Comp teacher.
I only remember a couple of teachers too. Wish there were more like Debbie!
that is very cool! interactive guest teaching.
So much fun T!
So beautiful, so beautiful… Thank you dear Margie, with my love, nia
I know that day was a treat for you! Knowing Debbie and you, the classroom had to be filled with tons of fun! Have a great day, my friend!
Thanks Rox! You should have been there!
Oh, wow! That takes me back to my teaching days. My kids loved having guests visit and were really interested and gracious hosts.
I didn’t know you taught school Pat! So glad to take you on a trip down memory lane!
How very cool. Proud to know you Margie.
My Sandra, another dear friend who is an amazing educator at EMU! I am surrounded, and always learning, lucky me!
As a retired head teacher I am most impressed.
How wonderful my friend. Glad you enjoyed my back to school adventure!
That was so cool. You must of had such a good time teaching. I think you would have made a wonderful teacher. It is never too late
Why thank you dear Susan! Yup, I think it’s too late. I was pooped after that afternoon, LOL! Probably the excitement of it all.
lucky children having such a skilled and loving teacher …and you for the day too!
It is so true and I had so much fun!