An Anabaptist Resource for Teaching and Learning
If you’re on top of the world, this letter is not for you. Come back soon, on a day when Read More...
In our neck of the woods, “November” is our shorthand for “bleak days with unremitting gray skies and lots of Read More...
When four- and five-year-old children think about school, what do they imagine? Do the smatterings they hear from older siblings, Read More...
When my son turned one, his throttle got stuck on full speed ahead. He moved constantly, took off running on Read More...
As a foster parent, I regularly come into contact with children who have been raised with technology as their wet Read More...
Perhaps the only thing worse than flubbing the end of a project is not being allowed to complete it at Read More...
On a quest to hear from young people and understand our Christian schools’ strengths and weaknesses, I recently conducted a Read More...
A study in questions “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as Read More...
The wise men are flattened this morning, not by the glory but because a small person has pillowed their heads Read More...
I love books. I could dream them and wear them and eat them for breakfast. I have a special place Read More...
Blue plaid for first-day dresses, carefully sewn by loyal mothers. Blue for vibrancy, excitement, stability: the color of winners. Blue Read More...
It’s summer vacation! Yay! Let’s sleep in till noon, watch videos, and hang out on the living room couch. Or Read More...
For the hours of energy poured into your students over the past nine months–thank you. For waking up every morning Read More...
Every object, said Mr. Newton, tends to remain at rest, or to continue in a straight line until compelled to Read More...
What parents want most from teachers. Hm. Is this even a thing? Isn’t this like asking what a woman wants Read More...
One of the greatest gifts I have been given is the input of other adults into my children’s lives. Many Read More...
Children love building, from their first wobbly stack of blocks all the way up to 3D puzzles and erector sets. Read More...
I was six years old, with pigtail braids down my back, when I began my first day of school. Our Read More...
In the past few years, a spotlight has turned on child abuse, particularly child abuse in the places where children Read More...
Have you ever wondered why children, who generally love to talk, have a hard time translating their vibrant, imaginative chatter Read More...
“Come, children. Let’s get those four loads of laundry folded and put away,” said Mother. “Sure, Mom, I’m glad to Read More...
When my son was four years old, he read his first chapter book alone: Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims. I Read More...
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