Big Thoughts About Schools, Teaching, and Learning
If you have ever experienced a rolling stomach after scarfing food too fast and running right into the next activity, then you know how unpleasant the taste of food becomes in those moments. If you have ever experienced the late afternoon of a work conference, then you know how exhausting it feels to push an …
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how glad I am that we delayed kindergarten for our summer boy. Actually, he ended up doing two years of kindergarten, one at a forest school 100% outside, and one year in a traditional classroom. Then I got to thinking about that, while I’m grateful we could give …
Portland, Oregon is known for its neighborhood culture. It’s what made this pretty large city feel very small through all the years I was growing up and getting to know my city. Multnomah Village, Woodstock, Hollywood, Roseway Heights, Belmont, Hawthorne, Hillsdale, Foster-Powell. All of these places have personalities and spirit all their own. And they …
Hey there! My name is Katie and when I’m in the classroom, my students call me Mrs. Crews. It’s been a while, so I figured a reintroduction was in order. Full disclosure, I haven’t been in the classroom regularly in nearly four years because we moved across the country and back, and my children were …
I discovered my word of the year accidentally. In thinking about how I want to spend my limited time this year, I knew I wanted to simplify my goals and list of things to accomplish. I had considered and prayed about several words, but nothing stuck, until, of all things, I was crafting a fanfiction …
My Dear Portland, I woke up to your name across the main headline of CNN. National news. You rarely make national news. And yet, my heart was crushed for you, and I knew it was time. To share my love for you, my deep care and jealousy for you. We’ll start with the love songs. …
I am a former middle and high school educator turned stay-at-home mom. Even though I stay home with my littles right now, I still choose to send them to preschool part-time. But it’s not all about academics. And I don’t think I’m alone. In recent years, preschool has become increasingly academic and sometimes people wonder …
This was not the blog I sat down to write. I guess that will come out next week 🙂 Alas, the Spotify playlist I have running in my headphones demanded that I do this instead: I could be pushing a grocery cart through Kroger or waiting in line for a prescription at CVS and a …
Okay, maybe exile is too strong a word. But it does feel like that a little sometimes. Mostly because along with being on hiatus from teaching, I am also living in a brand new to me part of the country. And it’s because we moved that I was sort of forced out of the classroom. …
We need to talk about seasons. Time and years are marked by seasons. So is the whole of a life. Millennials have already discarded the idea that we get a job out of college and hold it for thirty years. We have embraced the knowledge that we may have several job changes, if not full …
