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Preparing for the Summer
The other day I had to count the number of school days left for an HR reason, and I realized we were down to 35 days. What?!? There are a whole lot of feelings I have around finishing my first school year at the school I started, but this post is more about the impending summer.It’s almost here!There’s a lot going on this summer. First, I’ll have a three-week vacation at the beginning of June (I didn’t take a single day off throughout the entire year, so I will have accumulated 15 days of vacation time). We’ll be traveling to Tahoe with Matt’s family for a week of… Read More -
Canning?
The garden is blooming! So far, we have the following things planted:
- Tomatoes
- Figs (from last year)
- Pomegranates (from last year)
- Peaches (from last year)
- Pears (from last year)
- Plums (from last year)
- Lemon grass (from last year)
- Rosemary (from last year)
- Bay leaf (from last year)
- Blueberries (from last year)
I think one of my goals for this season is going to be to learn how to can. We definitely won’t be able to eat all of the tomatoes we produce during the summer season. Since we eat homemade pizza about 3-4 times a month, I think it would be useful to learn how to can pizza sauce. Any recommendations? What’s the easiest and cheapest way to… Read More -
Montessori Practical Life: Four Years-Old
This past weekend, I was in Boulder for a Montessori workshop. It was focused on the concept of “Child Study”–bringing teacher teams together to brainstorm strategies for children who are struggling.We practiced the process with a child who has autism. The presenting teacher talked about how much screen time the child gets at home and how it makes it more difficult to pull the child into reality during the school day.I definitely try to limit Henry’s screen time. I only resort to it if I need to take a nap on the weekend (which, um, is often). I’ll pull out the laptop and set him up to watch… Read More
