I dive into reading about Montessori and come out very happy for reasons unexpected.
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The Meh, the #Mood, and the Man Alive! in Nonfiction
A look over what makes #nonfiction good and what makes nonfiction great.
Apparently You Can’t Teach Critical Thinking
TL; DR: The more you know, the better you think. Because you can’t think, if you don’t know.
Everything to Prove
Since the toddler’s birth (almost two years ago now!) I’ve had a lot of difficulty in feeling like I was doing well in motherhood.
A Day in a Life with a Toddler
If you ever wanted to know what spending most of a day with a toddler was like, this is it.
On John Holt and Homeschooling
The last in a three-part response to John Holt’s Teach Your Own, and why I’m a big fan of unschooling.
On John Holt and Teaching
Assessment is a problem in schools and even more problematic in the home.
On John Holt and Parenting
Unschooling is a popular term but its interpretations and applications vary wildly. In Part I, I turn to the father of unschooling and find that his writings go beyond homeschooling to be useful for parenting as well.
Toddler Art
Toddler art is exactly not what I expected.
RE: SAHM Rationale
Recently read Tiffany Dufu’s Drop the Ball and a few things caused me to think about more things than I could squeeze into an Instagram caption.
Good Enough
When I was in teacher’s college, a speaker told us that to be the best teacher, we had to settle for mediocrity. Sounds terrible, right?
