It’s summertime. The world goes spinning on, off kilter. Over my decades on this planet, it seems that the world has always spun off kilter. There is good and evil in this world and both push and pull. I believe good will win out in the end. I believe in art, education, nature, and the human spirit. I know these things make life hopeful. And though, there are many things I can be anxious about right now, I choose joy and laughter. Summer is here. I want to face it like I did when I was a young girl, with hope and wild abandon.
Month: June 2025
Working in the Wonder Studio: June Wrap-up
The last two weeks of school found the girls busy wrapping up their spring projects in the Wonder Studio. Even though I warned them not to start anything new, some of them could not resist. They spent their recess times painting, making, building mazes, sewing pillow, and making oodles of miniatures.
Finding Her Voice: Building a Tiny House
As a learning support specialist, I appreciate the time and effort it takes to grow. There is definitely something to Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000 hours rule,” which states that it takes approximately 10, 000 hours to achieve mastery in a particular activity. I have watched Coco put intense focus and energy into making small objects: tiny coconut people, small animal habitats, or tiny food replicas. It seems that there were no plans. Her objects would just appear, but as I watched her, I realized that she were very significant organizational processes going on silently in her imagination.
Word Dancer: Literature, the Arts, & Education 