BEGIN TO WEAVE

BEGIN TO WEAVE

My family is part of a common-wealth school that we attend once a week as part of our homeschool. I have been helping teach a Shakespeare Scholar class for young teenagers, which includes studying and interpreting the works of Shakespeare, and producing a play at the...
WE SHALL NOT CEASE FROM EXPLORATION

WE SHALL NOT CEASE FROM EXPLORATION

This T.S. Eliot quote reminds me of how I learn now, as an adult. And I remember learning this way as a young child. But there was this long period of time in between where I thought that the only things that could be learned through wonder and adventure and magical...
LEANING IN

LEANING IN

This recent homeschooling/life groove we are in is something else. There is love. There is cooperation. There are chores without (tons of) complaint. There is some seriously passionate and explorative learning going on. There is patience with self and with others. And...
MAYBE THEY’RE JUST DROWNING

MAYBE THEY’RE JUST DROWNING

Imagine you’re standing by the side of a pool and someone is splashing you. It’s annoying, so you look into the water and find that someone is there flailing their arms, to keep from drowning. Would you turn to them and say, “Hey! Quit splashing me!”? No, you would...

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