My husband and I are letting Chuckles go to sleep away camp. We are so worried about it that I am not sure she is going to make the full 2 weeks, no fault of her own. I guess we are training for when she leaves to go for college. It will be very difficult. [...]
Some homeschooling friends of mine are inspired by the work of Charlotte Mason who developed her own homeschooling method (amongst many other things) in England in late 19th century/early 20th. I ordered a couple of books and settled in a comfy chair and started browsing. Having just completed two years of traditional Montessori training, I couldn’t [...]
I sent them off to Summer Camp at the Y. It’s a great camp. A string of fun activities from rope courses, swimming, lego … and a ton more in 45 minute increments. They were put in small groups of about 6-7 children with 2 counselors. Still I was worried about Speed sneaking off. I [...]
Here in Wilton, CT it has rained everyday for 3 weeks. Right now you don’t want to live in a low lying area. The rain has been extremely heavy at times.
…summer camp is outside. When I booked the kids in 3 months ago I wasn’t thinking that I was going to be sending my kids [...]
I was checking out the TED conferences and came across the work of Frenchman Yann Arthus-Bertrand who is currently undertaking three projects that combine his incredible photographic skills, his love of the Earth and humanity and his desire to save the planet. He has art exhibitions around the world showing his magnificant photographs. He is [...]
