Beyond the Marog Kingdom

Join Helen Williams (pen-name Billy Elm) children’s author, in conversations on literacy, children's books and the joy of reading.

Thursday, February 15, 2024

Shifting Sands at Doctor's Cave Part 2

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In March 2016, I wrote a blog post "Shifting Sands at Doctor's Cave" about how Doctor's Cave became a beach and how it is ...
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Thursday, August 3, 2023

Composting - a viable alternative to burning garden waste

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  My compost heap January 2014 In January 2014, I wrote a blog post “Go Green with Composting” . I still have my compost heap, under a man...
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Monday, October 24, 2022

The Dangers of Open Burning - A Cry for Help to the Rotary Club of Montego Bay

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After raising my concerns about the amount of open burning in my community, I was invited to speak at the October 18 Zoom meeting of th...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Lesson plan - Grade 4 science - leaves.

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Breadfruit leaves During the 1970’s, part of my job as grade coordinator was to check teachers’ lesson plans, on a weekly basis. Some teach...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Health and Open Burning

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  Should we be burning leaves and other garden waste? If tobacco smoke is toxic, wouldn’t other kinds of smoke be toxic also? Attitudes ...
Friday, August 7, 2020

On Jamaican Hair and Language

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I don’t normally write on what’s trending, but my interest was sparked by the debate on the ‘hair’ issue, particularly the question of the r...
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Saturday, August 1, 2020

Cutting the curriculum - Grade 1 Math

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I’m writing a series of blog posts to highlight that the primary curriculum is overloaded with content. With pressure to cover this conten...
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