January’s Season of Limbo
Today, I am having a little trouble deciding what to write about. I’ve been writing this blog since the end of February 2017 and rarely have I had trouble coming…
Category: Student Life
Continuances (AKA: Shift work and online courses during the holidays)
There is a television commercial that is running now in our area, that extolls both the virtue and responsibility of nurses during the holiday season. It’s Christmas Day, they work.…
Field Trips: Navigating our World
Last Thursday I was lucky enough to go on a field trip to the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul with my son’s art class. The high school anatomy…
Monarchs in Space?! Ten Years Ago Today!
Ten years ago I had my Evergreen Garden Club students participate in a large Citizen Science Project. It was co-hosted by Monarch Watch and NASA (yes, that NASA). Monarch larvae…
Traits of Writing Poetry
Since my work a week ago when I conducted a mini-lesson on writing Haiku at Wetland Education Days, I have been thinking a lot about writing. One of the most…
A Piece of Advice: Stay out of your college student’s class issues.
In a little over 9 months, our youngest son will head off to college. We’ve been through this twice before with his two brothers. Our oldest headed off to college…
Haiku Heaven
Wetland Celebration Today I was part of a group of Environmental Educators celebrating our Wetlands. We hosted fourth, fifth, and sixth graders from 9 – 2pm in thirty-minute stations. I…
We need the village. We do.
Monday evening I was at parent-teacher conferences. My youngest son is a senior in high school and is currently involved in a large solo art project in a nearby community. …
