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View: 2492 | Mar 27, 2023 | 2
Pilar Barrera
My Favorite Hobby: Embroidering
These are some of the little projects that I’ve embroidered. There is something very satisfying in ...
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View: 2639 | Mar 14, 2023
Pilar Barrera
My favorite book(s)
What’s my favorite book? Mmm… that’s a tough question. I LOVE books! From fairy tales to biographie...
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View: 2098 | Dec 12, 2022
Pilar Barrera
Merry Christmas and Thank You!
Dear students,Thank you very much for making this year so special. We had fun with books, art, and ...
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View: 2296 | Nov 21, 2022
Pilar Barrera
The Netherlands and Its Wonderful Museums
This year I had the opportunity to go to The Netherlands. I visited Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The H...
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View: 2675 | Nov 8, 2022
Pilar Barrera
Let's Explopre Literature Together!
I completed 250 lessons! Thank you to all my students! Come join me. I teach fairy tales, classic l...
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View: 2441 | Jun 24, 2022
Pilar Barrera
I love literature, so, let's read books together!
I love books and stories of all kinds, from fairy tales to gothic novels and poetry, my life has al...
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View: 2298 | Apr 18, 2022
Pilar Barrera
A Book I Never Get Tired of Reading: Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
“The Little Mermaid”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Thumbelina”, “The Snow Queen”… these are but a ...
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View: 2149 | Mar 28, 2022
Pilar Barrera
My Favorite Song: Enya’s The Book of Days
Enya’s The Book of Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQjt9VGxIdM makes my imagination fly. It is...
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View: 2392 | Mar 15, 2022
Pilar Barrera
Being a Tutor: Always a Unique Experience
The best thing about being a tutor is knowing that every single lesson is a unique experience. Ever...
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View: 2116 | Oct 28, 2021
Pilar Barrera
The mountain or the beach? The mountain, of course!
I was born in Bogota Colombia, a city nestled right in the middle of the Andes, located 2,600 mts a...
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View: 4273 | Oct 4, 2021 | 3
Pilar Barrera
Thread and Needle: My New Thing
During the pandemic I have been mostly at home, doing everything from home. I’m Ok with that. I’m u...
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View: 4923 | Sep 21, 2021
Pilar Barrera
The Best Teaching and Studying Method: Being Yourself and Motivation
I have been teaching for more than 20 years. I have been learning things all my life. I love lear...
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View: 3073 | Sep 13, 2021
Pilar Barrera
The 1800s and Fairy Tales
If I could go back in time, I would go back to England in the 1800s. Everybody was crazy about fair...
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View: 2702 | Aug 30, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Cooking TV Shows: A Fun and Delicious Way of Learning
(Photo by Kevin Phillips) I think that a fun, interesting (and certainly delicious!) way of learnin...
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View: 2754 | Aug 16, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Coco, the Sweetest Dog!
If you read my column “My Bucket List, my Now List”, you already know that I got Coco after I was v...
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View: 2004 | Aug 9, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Strange Magical Food
OK, in real life, I don’t think I’ve ever eaten really strange food. However, in books… Now, that’s...
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View: 2806 | Aug 2, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Cicadas' Voice
For those of us who live in the southern hemisphere, summer is far away. Still, I can’t complain ab...
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View: 4541 | Jul 25, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Once upon a Time: The Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales
A glass slipper, a poisonous apple and a magic mirror, a prince who is a frog, a house made of ging...
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View: 2818 | Jul 20, 2021 | 2
Pilar Barrera
My Bucket List, my Now List
I used to have a bucket list. It was there in the back of my mind waiting. It contained things like...
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View: 2393 | Jul 14, 2021
Pilar Barrera
One wish, every tale
Ahhhh… if I could magically make true one wish, it would be to be able to read every language in th...
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View: 2007 | Jul 11, 2021
Pilar Barrera
A Prince and a Giant
“But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to th...
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View: 2800 | Jul 5, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Studying Abroad and Jo March
“You asked me the other day what my wishes were… I want to go away somewhere this winter for a chan...
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View: 2146 | Jul 1, 2021 | 1
Pilar Barrera
Little Heroes, Great Adventures!
Little Heroes, Great Adventures! From the English folklore character Tom Thumb, printed in 1621, to...
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View: 2541 | Jun 28, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Studying Abroad and Where the Water Sleeps
I think that when you are going to study abroad, it is essential to bring something you love, somet...
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View: 2289 | Jun 23, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Learning with Picturebooks: Let the Fun Begin!
Books are a window to incredible worlds, and picturebooks are the first contact with those worlds. ...
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View: 2147 | Jun 21, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Museums and Art: Let your Imagination Fly!
Mona Lisa. Perhaps the most famous painting in the world. THE masterpiece of Renaissance art. I fee...
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View: 3899 | Jun 17, 2021
Pilar Barrera
Frankenstein: More than a Horror Book?
Who doesn’t recognize this monster? Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus is a short novel by Mary...
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View: 4706 | Jun 14, 2021
Pilar Barrera
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.”
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't ke...
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View: 2923 | Jun 10, 2021
Pilar Barrera
“Tomémonos un cafecito!” “Let’s have a cup of coffee!”
“Coffee is far more than a beverage … It is an invitation to life.” ― Nichole Johnson (xii Fresh Br...
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View: 4009 | Jun 7, 2021
Pilar Barrera
“Awake, dear heart, awake."
“Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.” A father tells his daughter this. It’s a g...
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