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Do You Love Your Teacher?
Today I heard one boy’s answer— When I left New Jersey, leaving behind my work as the Director of Community Development at the Princeton Waldorf School in 1995, I didn’t know that when I settled in my hometown in northeast Massachusetts, I would learn of a group trying to start a Waldorf school in Portsmouth, [Read more...]
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Home-town Memorial Day
I still can’t get used to Memorial Day (originally ‘Decoration Day’) being observed on the 4th Monday of May—just to give Americans a 3-day weekend. I ignore the red, white and blue advertising supplements in the Sunday newspaper encouraging readers to go out and shop. But I do observe some traditions. In my New England [Read more...]
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Chinua Achebe—revered Nigerian author
Thousands mourned the literary giant Chinua Achebe at his hometown funeral today. He has been revered throughout the world for his depiction of Africa’s journey from the traditional to modern times. He was often very critical of the leaders of his native Nigeria. He had lived in the US since an accident in 1990 left [Read more...]
Happy May Day
May Day can be a such a special day in a family and at school. My first recollection of celebrating May Day was in a local preschool where we 4-year-olds went around a simple May Pole each holding a ribbon. I was dressed in a handmade costume—a robin. I still remember the feelings of awkwardness [Read more...]
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It’s Spring—Go Outdoors!
Spring has finally arrived in New England. Many of us have been indoors far too long—avoiding the perils of icy sidewalks or muddy trails and puddles. Two weeks ago I heard the song birds just before the dawn. Those of us who have a home office are freed from commuter traffic, but may also spend [Read more...]
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Pondering Passover with Puppets
Today marks the beginning of Passover and I am including a link to a blog post written by Durga Bernhard, the illustrator of our Make Way for Reading. Durga shares her experience of working with a class on this theme. Four Archetypes of Learning http://durgabernhard.com/bookblog
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Growing Easter Grass
By the end of the post, you’ll see the final result of my growing some grass for an Easter basket. About a week ago, I purchased winterberry wheat seeds from a local natural foods grocer. If you can’t find those, then you might use “Cat Grass” which you might locate in a feed or a [Read more...]
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“Real” grass for your Easter Basket
Why not use “real” grass instead of using plastic shredded grass for your Easter decorations? It’s not too late. If you have a week—or even a day or so less than a week, here are photographs showing examples of our family’s table decorations grown in time for Easter Sunday in past years. Look through your [Read more...]
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Fresh Air and the Arts
This is a sad commentary on the arts and recess disappearing from many schools. This cartoon was posted on the AWSNA Facebook page Feb 1.
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Hometown Featured in Boston Globe