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Month: August 2016

The Days Are Long, But The Years Are Short: 6 Simple Ways to Entertain Your Kids

August 28, 2016

“Children cannot bounce of the walls if we take the walls away.” ~Erin K. Kenny

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The Scheduled Child vs The Beauty of Boredom

August 4, 2016

“Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all it’s flavor.”  ~William Cowper

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•warmth• A day at the park, sans jackets. No sweaters even. Climbing trees, basking in the sun & blasting off into space on rocket sips made from collapsed slides. This is spring. ☀️ ✨ #thisisspring #earthday #springhassprung #spring #sunshine #climbatree #imagination #childhoodunplugged
•happy earth day•🌳 Spent about 4 more hours digging in the dirt, planting some new garden babies & mulching. My happy place. ✨ #earthday #digginginthedirt #plantsomething #garden #happyplace #howdoesyourgardengrow #rainchain
•comedy• As we were waiting outside to get into the theater we are stopped right before the driveway to the theater and a cab pulls in with Tig in the back seat. I was so fan girl giddy I started jumping up and down screaming “omg it’s Tig!!” My face hurts from spending the last hour straight smiling & laughing. She’s just so, so funny. 🤩 ✨ #tignotaro #tignotarolive #wicf #comedy #standupcomedy #standup #datenight #2shows1day
•ninjas• No matter the medium, ninja is the art. ✨ #ninja #art #kidsart #wikistix #waxart #selfdirectedlearning #homeschool #unschooling
•garden• Thank you @ichigonokutsu for digging in the dirt with me today & getting my garden ready for spring. 🙌🌸 ✨ #spring #springiscoming #springgarden #garden #digginginthedirt #pathway #gardenpath
•writing• It’s been a while since I’ve published anything I’ve written. Today, I finally had a few words to share on the beauty of self-directed learning. And trying a new writing platform as well. Let me know what you think. Link in bio. ✨ #homeschool #homeschooling #unschooling #selfdirectedlearning #selfdirectededucation #ontheblog #writing #medium #education #educationreform #johnholt #petergray #freetolearn #howchildrenlearn
•play• “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” Fred Rogers ✨ #pem #pemplaytime #play #museums #museumswithkids #kidsandart #selfdirectedlearning #homeschool #unschooling #mrrogers
•spinning• Parenthood often leaves me feeling like my head is spinning. ✨ #spinning #youspinmerightround #parenthood #motherhood #seeart #museums #pem #xyzt
•light & shadows• “We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” Buddha ✨ #pem #alltheflowersareforme #agha #seeart #museums #kidsandart #homeschool #selfdirectedlearning
•inspiration• We realized tonight on our way to Symphony Hall to hear Ira Glass speak about his work and career that this is the fourth time we’ve heard him speak in person. I think we’re officially groupies. My favorite piece of advice is that in any creative endeavor, you have to spend some time being bad before you’re good. And one of the best quotes from tonight was this: “You can’t get hit by lightning unless you spend a lot of time walking around in the rain.” ✨ #iraglass #thisamericanlife #inspiration #inspirationalquotes #failtosucceed #embracefailure
•buds & blooms• 🌸 This winter has been so, so long. I’m refusing to listen to the snow shower forecast in a few days. Instead I’m keeping my eyes on those little signs of spring. My crocuses just finished their show, my daffodils are shining now. The warmth & sunshine today was so good for the soul. ☀️ ✨ #spring #springisintheair #springishere #byewinter #seeyawinter #snowyspring #sunforthesoul
•spring• Finally, a light jacket kind of day! ☀️ And her jacket! 😍 I’m so jelly I’m jam. ✨ #spring #lightjacket #toddlerlife #toddlerfashion #comeonspring #herecomesthesun
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