When I’m teaching on a regular basis (this month that’s almost daily) I like to keep my evening lap work simple. Right now I’m working my way through about 30 pounds of crayons, donated by an after school program, sorting them by color and quality while my husband and I binge[Read more]
When I began teaching and talking about upcycling in our county’s schools, I heard tales of how many unused supplies get thrown out at the end of every school year. I knew my own children brought home notebooks that appeared untouched, plus, markers and glue sticks and other supplies that[Read more]
Now that school systems have such different calendars, the start of a new school year doesn’t feel as momentous as I recall from my childhood. My friends in southern Indiana are on a year-round calendar, so they went back on July 30. In much of Michigan, the first day of[Read more]