You have to love the honesty and straight to the point thoughts of a 2nd grade boy. We never know what will happen next with our kids. The downside of…Read more
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The World Is Flat: A New Connection To My Son: Trying A New Method To Talk About School With Aiden(my 1st grade son)
That was a really long title with improper grammar, but I don’t know how else to put it so I am leaving it. Yesterday I started reading chapter 7 of…Read more
My First Week Back in School: What I Learned and How I Survived
Whew! What a week. School has already started and my body and mind are slowly adapting to rigors of teaching. I need about another week and I should be in…Read more
What my 5 year old son made me at school today
Tonight after dinner my son, Aiden, remembered that he made me something at preschool today. He said he made it in secret and therefore only for me. He told me…Read more
Disrupting Education Thinking
My daughter has once again been good to me in reinforcing ideas in education. As many of you know who follow my blog Ava is a 5 year old(soon to…Read more
Power of Parent Teacher Conferences
Every year single year I question how we do conferences in school. As an educator I often think that the system is an outdated system that needs a reboot. And…Read more
Robodogs and the Power of FLL Learning
Another First LEGO League season has come and gone……well almost come and gone. As I reflect on my sixth season as a Robodogs coach participating in First LEGO League I…Read more
House Cleaning and Group Work Are Not Equal, Nor Should They Be!
This weekend we had our usual routine of cleaning the house. This is something that none of really want to do, but a messy house is not a good foundation….Read more
Symphony of Creativity
My son has signed up to play cello in orchestra. He is in 4th grade when this is offered through school. He is the first musician in our family. He…Read more
Coffeechug #Minimalism Challenge Day 5: More Good, More eBay
Yesterday I had another package arrive that I did not take into account due to the system I had in place already. The package that arrived were some replacement parts…Read more