I feel scattered and a bit crabby as we transition to our fall schedule. It's just all a bit unsettling. I will be teaching a high school course this year of Composition & Literature with some World History integrated in! ... Read More

All seven eggs grew into seven caterpillars. And then seven chrysalises. And seven beautiful butterflies! This is the process of raising monarch butterflies.  Searching for Monarch Eggs Watching Monarch Caterpillars Grow And then comes time to say, "Bye-Bye Butterfly." I ... Read More

Why do I love reading Steiner's lectures to teachers? Because Rudolf Steiner had keen insights into human nature. And when applied to teaching children, I've seen his ideas hit home time and time again. Steiner's insights ring true from both ... Read More

I'm just home from this year's Taproot Teacher Training, and what a weekend! My word to describe the group this year is "warmth." There was just such warmth and support among this group of twenty seven caring souls: twenty one ... Read More

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 with excitement before ... Read More

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 need more. I ... Read More

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 messier before everything ... Read More

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 summertime! Next is watching ... Read More

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 see any monarch ... Read More

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 teaching job pre-kids), ... Read More