by Kandis | Feb 25, 2021 | Blog Posts, Not Yet School Age
As we march toward spring and the last push of our school year, our younger siblings are wanting more and more to have work of their own. In order to help them feel important and allow the olders and I to get some focused time, I have taken to making 7-10 activities...
by Kandis | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog Posts, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
One of our boys has decided that he hates all things writing. It’s not because he isn’t good at it or that he doesn’t understand what he needs to do. Rather, in his seven year old opinion, it takes too long and has no clear application to his...
by Kandis | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog Posts, Learn, Think, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
There is a gigantic transition between learning to read and reading to learn. To successfully navigate this transition there are a multitude of strategies that children need to understand and use without prompting. Most people eventually manage to pick up the...
by Kandis | Feb 4, 2021 | Become, Blog Posts, Learn, Upper Elementary, Values & Beliefs, Younger Elementary
Hard Conversations – we come across them every day though admittedly some are a good bit harder than others. Sometimes the hard conversations are caused by our actions – anyone else have to apologize on the regular. Other times they are part of growing up,...
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