When I was a public school teacher, I wasn’t a fan of the writing curriculum our district adopted. I didn’t think that it was very engaging or developmentally appropriate for most of my students. It rushed first graders into writing stories about small moments, when most of them were still struggling with letter formation, the […]

I know I’m about two weeks late, but life happened, as usual. The holiday season for us is chaotic; we attend and/or host four different Christmas get-togethers with family. Thankfully, we were able to host two of them, which made it easier to avoid packing everything for a baby and a toddler. My friends with […]