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January in Melbourne
Around the corner from Charcoal Lane, a restaurant featuring indigenous ingredients I had the unexpected opportunity to head to Melbourne this past January for a month of learning. I’ve been trying to attend the Montessori Adolescent Orientation for a couple years now to learn how to build a Montessori middle school. It’s held every summer in Ohio (and now a couple other locations).
I got really close to bringing my family to Ohio two summers ago but had to cancel at the last minute because I simply couldn’t balance the training with my full-time job. The summer is one of my busiest times as we refine curriculum, develop professional development, … Read More
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Australia with Kids: What an Adventure
Where do I even begin when it comes to recapping a magical trip to Australia with kids for Winter Break?
I guess I could pick a single word to encapsulate the experience. And I guess I already did in the sentence above!
Magical.
It was simply magical.
It’s a magical continent, and it’s magical to travel to a different hemisphere (especially to escape winter by heading into summer!) and it’s magical to spend an extended amount of time with my family.
We weren’t very strategic about how we picked where to go on the world’s largest island. I came across an incredible home in the … Read More
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Traveling with Kids: San Francisco
One of the things that makes me anxious (there are many!) is thinking about how quickly my children are going to grow up. I’m friends with many of my former students and/or their families on Facebook, so I have watched children go from 3rd grade to high school in the blink of an eye.
When Matt and I are falling asleep together and trying to talk about things that don’t induce anxiety (no Trump talk!), I’ll ask him questions like, “What can we do to make sure we truly savor this time with our children?”
One of our answers is family vacations. During our most recent Fall Break, I had … Read More
