This morning, I am loading up my husband’s van and heading south to Taproot Farm for our annual summer Taproot Teacher Training that I co-host with Barbara Dewey of Waldorf Without Walls. I always feel almost giddy…
We all do it. We bring the inspiration overwhelm on ourselves. We keep searching and searching for the perfect resource when we already have all that we need. Right here, right now, we have enough. We don’t always…
I’ve been feeling a bit untethered lately because I am so scattered. This always happens to me mid-summer! So I’ve decided to own it, and speak it out loud. Waldorf homeschool planning and organizing often makes things…
Last week, I shared about my family’s efforts in Searching for Monarch Eggs. This is a nature study activity that we’ve participated in for years as a family. Really, it’s more like one of the joys of…
One of the joys of summertime for me is searching for monarch eggs. And last year, there were none. NONE. I didn’t find one single egg last year. I was worried. I was sad. I didn’t even…
Reading aloud helps children develop positive associations with reading and books. And this is so important to becoming lifelong learners. When I was teaching remedial reading to 10th and 11th graders in Atlanta years ago (my first…
Have you taken a road trip by yourself as a Mama? I always cry. I’ve gone away by myself almost every year or every other since my oldest two were maybe 3 and 4 – so that’s…
