Kim Collazo
@kcollazo.bsky.social
STEM Advocate|Picture Book Author|Retired Educator|Proud mom of 3 sons|Married to super guy|Packers Fan|Rep’d by @LitAgentKatieM.bsky.social
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I got to chat non-fiction with two of the most amazing #KidLit mentors today— @lizziebrooks.bsky.social and @jpuglow.bsky.social! What a productive, incredible day!
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
winnie the pooh is looking at himself in the mirror and saying what a great day .
ALT: winnie the pooh is looking at himself in the mirror and saying what a great day .
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January 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I got to chat non-fiction with two of the most amazing #KidLit mentors today— @lizziebrooks.bsky.social and @jpuglow.bsky.social! What a productive, incredible day!
#AmWriting
#AmWriting
Great info and tips for overcoming “task inertia” from @jeremyjorg! Written for educators, but definitely applies to writers as well. Staring at that blank page? Dreading those edits? Read this!👇🏼
#AmWriting
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#AmWriting
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Just 90 Seconds
Mid-January exhaustion is real. Here's the 90-second rule that helps teachers overcome task inertia and start moving forward—one small step at a time.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Great info and tips for overcoming “task inertia” from @jeremyjorg! Written for educators, but definitely applies to writers as well. Staring at that blank page? Dreading those edits? Read this!👇🏼
#AmWriting
www.jeremyajorgensen.com/just-90-seco...
#AmWriting
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🚨Ok fellow pond dam mystery lovers! The culprit has been captured! (On camera anyway!)
Gonna need to relocate, you brilliant rodent.🦫
#STEM
Gonna need to relocate, you brilliant rodent.🦫
#STEM
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
🚨Ok fellow pond dam mystery lovers! The culprit has been captured! (On camera anyway!)
Gonna need to relocate, you brilliant rodent.🦫
#STEM
Gonna need to relocate, you brilliant rodent.🦫
#STEM
These clumps of debris from the bottom of the pond keep appearing dragged up on the pond dam. Never had this happen in the 28 years we’ve lived here.
So…I’ve placed my camera traps in a strategic location to try and solve the mystery!🕵️♀️
I’m guessing a turtle. Your guess?
So…I’ve placed my camera traps in a strategic location to try and solve the mystery!🕵️♀️
I’m guessing a turtle. Your guess?
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
These clumps of debris from the bottom of the pond keep appearing dragged up on the pond dam. Never had this happen in the 28 years we’ve lived here.
So…I’ve placed my camera traps in a strategic location to try and solve the mystery!🕵️♀️
I’m guessing a turtle. Your guess?
So…I’ve placed my camera traps in a strategic location to try and solve the mystery!🕵️♀️
I’m guessing a turtle. Your guess?
And…to echo my last post, make sure you check out these thoughts from @bethmcmullen.bsky.social
#WritingCommmunity
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#WritingCommmunity
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I'm Writing What I Want To Write
And I'll make no apologies for doing so
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January 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
And…to echo my last post, make sure you check out these thoughts from @bethmcmullen.bsky.social
#WritingCommmunity
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#WritingCommmunity
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This weekend, as my educator friends start gearing back up for school, wanted to reshare my latest post filled with #STEM and #PB goodies!
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Happy 2026!
New year, same learner—wiser questions.
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January 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This weekend, as my educator friends start gearing back up for school, wanted to reshare my latest post filled with #STEM and #PB goodies!
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I was fascinated reading about @melrosenberg.bsky.social’s writing and thought process as he shares his new book Emily Saw a Door! Had to screenshot my favorite quote. Make sure you check out this interview by @jpuglow.bsky.social 🥰
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January 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I was fascinated reading about @melrosenberg.bsky.social’s writing and thought process as he shares his new book Emily Saw a Door! Had to screenshot my favorite quote. Make sure you check out this interview by @jpuglow.bsky.social 🥰
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Happy 2026 to all my #STEM and #KidLit friends! This month’s Tide is packed with more free lessons, slides, and amazing #PictureBooks!
Make sure to subscribe while you’re there!
#WritingCommunity #STEMeducation
@emdun.bsky.social
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Make sure to subscribe while you’re there!
#WritingCommunity #STEMeducation
@emdun.bsky.social
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Happy 2026!
New year, same learner—wiser questions.
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January 2, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Happy 2026 to all my #STEM and #KidLit friends! This month’s Tide is packed with more free lessons, slides, and amazing #PictureBooks!
Make sure to subscribe while you’re there!
#WritingCommunity #STEMeducation
@emdun.bsky.social
kimcollazo.substack.com/p/happy-2026
Make sure to subscribe while you’re there!
#WritingCommunity #STEMeducation
@emdun.bsky.social
kimcollazo.substack.com/p/happy-2026
My #OneWord for 2026!🔮
I’ll share my reasons in my upcoming newsletter!🫶🏼
(Quote by @why-edify.bsky.social)
I’ll share my reasons in my upcoming newsletter!🫶🏼
(Quote by @why-edify.bsky.social)
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
My #OneWord for 2026!🔮
I’ll share my reasons in my upcoming newsletter!🫶🏼
(Quote by @why-edify.bsky.social)
I’ll share my reasons in my upcoming newsletter!🫶🏼
(Quote by @why-edify.bsky.social)
December 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you are not doing @juliefhedlund.bsky.social’s 12 Days of Christmas for Writers, it’s not too late to catch up!
What a unique process to get psyched up for the new year of writing!
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What a unique process to get psyched up for the new year of writing!
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December 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you are not doing @juliefhedlund.bsky.social’s 12 Days of Christmas for Writers, it’s not too late to catch up!
What a unique process to get psyched up for the new year of writing!
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What a unique process to get psyched up for the new year of writing!
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Book mail is always the BEST mail! Thank you Lauren Gallegos for this signed copy, it’s beautiful!🥰
December 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Book mail is always the BEST mail! Thank you Lauren Gallegos for this signed copy, it’s beautiful!🥰
Woah! I’m NOT getting coal in my stocking! Woohoo!
Many thanks to #MightyKidlit and @jpuglow.bsky.social!🎄🎉🙌🏼
Many thanks to #MightyKidlit and @jpuglow.bsky.social!🎄🎉🙌🏼
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Woah! I’m NOT getting coal in my stocking! Woohoo!
Many thanks to #MightyKidlit and @jpuglow.bsky.social!🎄🎉🙌🏼
Many thanks to #MightyKidlit and @jpuglow.bsky.social!🎄🎉🙌🏼
Exactly! I wrote a picture book about this very thing so kids would understand why.
Just waiting for #Editor #Publisher interest!
Just waiting for #Editor #Publisher interest!
no one asked but just so everyone who follows me knows, real psychrolutes (blobfish) look like this normally
December 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Exactly! I wrote a picture book about this very thing so kids would understand why.
Just waiting for #Editor #Publisher interest!
Just waiting for #Editor #Publisher interest!
Well, YEE-HAW! Look what I just won! Lauren Gallegos’s adorable #PB, A Cowpoke’s Christmas!🎄🐮
Thank you Lauren, @authorhmacht.bsky.social, @literallylynne.bsky.social, and Sleeping Bear Books!
#SeasonsOfKidlit
Thank you Lauren, @authorhmacht.bsky.social, @literallylynne.bsky.social, and Sleeping Bear Books!
#SeasonsOfKidlit
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Well, YEE-HAW! Look what I just won! Lauren Gallegos’s adorable #PB, A Cowpoke’s Christmas!🎄🐮
Thank you Lauren, @authorhmacht.bsky.social, @literallylynne.bsky.social, and Sleeping Bear Books!
#SeasonsOfKidlit
Thank you Lauren, @authorhmacht.bsky.social, @literallylynne.bsky.social, and Sleeping Bear Books!
#SeasonsOfKidlit
Can’t wait to be part of this fun #STEM event later today! Join us!
#NationalGirlsCollaborativeProject
#PictureBooks
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#NationalGirlsCollaborativeProject
#PictureBooks
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The Power of Stories
Meet talented authors creating stories that matter! Join NGCP for an interactive conversation with writers who are inspiring curiosity, building confidence, and helping the next generation envision th...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Can’t wait to be part of this fun #STEM event later today! Join us!
#NationalGirlsCollaborativeProject
#PictureBooks
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#NationalGirlsCollaborativeProject
#PictureBooks
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Hey. Folks. Especially #STEM and #STEMEd and #Edusky folks. Check this out.
Non-AI science demos and games, all curated and vetted and in one place!
Non-AI science demos and games, all curated and vetted and in one place!
For cool projects I've found made by humans: thescienceplayground.com
The Science Playground – a list of interesting links
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December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My dog ❤️s the pond dam on our side yard.
Today she started barking relentlessly! By the time I got up to the pond, THIS was floating near edge.😳
Sadly, the lid had been chewed (probably turtles) & the wet note’s message will remain a mystery! 😩
Powerball numbers…lost!😭
Today she started barking relentlessly! By the time I got up to the pond, THIS was floating near edge.😳
Sadly, the lid had been chewed (probably turtles) & the wet note’s message will remain a mystery! 😩
Powerball numbers…lost!😭
December 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My dog ❤️s the pond dam on our side yard.
Today she started barking relentlessly! By the time I got up to the pond, THIS was floating near edge.😳
Sadly, the lid had been chewed (probably turtles) & the wet note’s message will remain a mystery! 😩
Powerball numbers…lost!😭
Today she started barking relentlessly! By the time I got up to the pond, THIS was floating near edge.😳
Sadly, the lid had been chewed (probably turtles) & the wet note’s message will remain a mystery! 😩
Powerball numbers…lost!😭
Happy Holidays to all my educator and writer friends! Thank you to everyone who subscribes to my little #STEM focused newsletter! 🎄
Make sure to grab your last freebies of 2025! 😍
🚨AND…The Winner Is…
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Make sure to grab your last freebies of 2025! 😍
🚨AND…The Winner Is…
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Happy Holidays Friends!
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person — he believed in me.” — Jim Valvano
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December 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Happy Holidays to all my educator and writer friends! Thank you to everyone who subscribes to my little #STEM focused newsletter! 🎄
Make sure to grab your last freebies of 2025! 😍
🚨AND…The Winner Is…
open.substack.com/pub/kimcolla...
Make sure to grab your last freebies of 2025! 😍
🚨AND…The Winner Is…
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#teacher and #librarian friends! Take a peek at @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social new #pb MY BACKYARD USED TO BE.
It’s a perfect springboard to classroom activities with themes of #history, #immigration, #natureplay, #stewardship and more! 📚 👍🏻
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/kidlitgr...
It’s a perfect springboard to classroom activities with themes of #history, #immigration, #natureplay, #stewardship and more! 📚 👍🏻
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/kidlitgr...
StorySprout Feature: Exploring “My Backyard Used to Be” through Loose Parts Nature Play
A hands-on nature activity inspired by Lynn Baldwin’s lyrical picture book, along with a sweet Michigan-made winter treat!
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December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
#teacher and #librarian friends! Take a peek at @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social new #pb MY BACKYARD USED TO BE.
It’s a perfect springboard to classroom activities with themes of #history, #immigration, #natureplay, #stewardship and more! 📚 👍🏻
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/kidlitgr...
It’s a perfect springboard to classroom activities with themes of #history, #immigration, #natureplay, #stewardship and more! 📚 👍🏻
Check it out here: open.substack.com/pub/kidlitgr...
My granddaughter was SO excited one her Jack-O-Lantern seeds from Halloween has sprouted!
Gotta admit I had almost thrown it out thinking it would never make it up through the mud!🤣🤣🤣
Now, how do you grow a pumpkin in the winter?🤪
#EmersynBlake #AlwaysWonder #STEM
Gotta admit I had almost thrown it out thinking it would never make it up through the mud!🤣🤣🤣
Now, how do you grow a pumpkin in the winter?🤪
#EmersynBlake #AlwaysWonder #STEM
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My granddaughter was SO excited one her Jack-O-Lantern seeds from Halloween has sprouted!
Gotta admit I had almost thrown it out thinking it would never make it up through the mud!🤣🤣🤣
Now, how do you grow a pumpkin in the winter?🤪
#EmersynBlake #AlwaysWonder #STEM
Gotta admit I had almost thrown it out thinking it would never make it up through the mud!🤣🤣🤣
Now, how do you grow a pumpkin in the winter?🤪
#EmersynBlake #AlwaysWonder #STEM
Need a few simple #STEM activities for the winter holiday season? Don’t miss @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social’s North Pole fun!🥶
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North Pole Engineering: STEAM Labs for Holiday Stories
Transforming themes from The Polar Express, Dasher, and How to Catch an Elf into quick, tiered STEAM challenges.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Need a few simple #STEM activities for the winter holiday season? Don’t miss @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social’s North Pole fun!🥶
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“C is for Candy Canes, Cookies, and Cardinals” out from @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social !
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Nurturing Seasonal Literacy: C is for Candy Canes, Cookies, & Cardinals
Blending this season’s magic with early literacy through stories, sensory play, and simplicity.
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November 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“C is for Candy Canes, Cookies, and Cardinals” out from @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social !
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💕My granddaughter brought this book home from school today. I’d never seen it!
🐇If you are an educator, especially my #STEM friends, this is a great book to teach about the emotions you feel when your build doesn’t go as planned! SO GOOD!
🐇If you are an educator, especially my #STEM friends, this is a great book to teach about the emotions you feel when your build doesn’t go as planned! SO GOOD!
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
💕My granddaughter brought this book home from school today. I’d never seen it!
🐇If you are an educator, especially my #STEM friends, this is a great book to teach about the emotions you feel when your build doesn’t go as planned! SO GOOD!
🐇If you are an educator, especially my #STEM friends, this is a great book to teach about the emotions you feel when your build doesn’t go as planned! SO GOOD!
Do you have small children, grandkids, or elementary students? Make sure you grab @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social December Play and Learn Calendar, and find out about an adorably meaningful #PictureBook!🥰
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Simple Winter Magic: December’s Play & Learn Calendar
Slow, intentional learning moments through winter-inspired play.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Do you have small children, grandkids, or elementary students? Make sure you grab @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social December Play and Learn Calendar, and find out about an adorably meaningful #PictureBook!🥰
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