It was Monday afternoon. The kids were playing outside with the neighbors, riding up and down the newly acquired bike ramp next door, soaking up the last few weeks of summer freedom. I was inside prepping to leave for a week of teaching, as soon as my husband returned from his trip. I heard shouts,…
The day was going downhill quickly. Kids were storming away from each other, hurt and lashing out with spiteful words, and that quiet, kind, homeschooling family who all loved one another that I dreamed of being seemed an impossibility. Things had to change. I was given a set of Character Badges to try out…
So, this might come as a surprise to you, as I own and maintain a website, but I’m not the techiest of people. My kids, on the other hand, are. They love tinkering with programming and have had fun playing around with simple coding books, robotics kits, and online coding games. But they’ve never felt…
Inspiring creativity in kids is important to help them grow to be innovative problem solvers and critical thinkers. But it can’t just be taught. You can’t just say, “Okay… it’s time to be creative.” “The most powerful way to develop creativity in your students is to be a role model. Children develop creativity not when…
For my freshman year of high school, a new building opened. We would be the first graduating class to have attended the school for all four of its years. And we were excited. Our class was close, and had a lot of fun planning strategies for taking down the other classes in highly competitive pep…
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