Feb 18, 2020 | The Studio
Studies have shown that kids these days are spending around just four hours a week outside. Four hours. These same kids have parents who spent, on average, eight hours a week playing outdoors. We can all speculate and hypothesize what happened to cause such a shift in...
Feb 10, 2020 | The Studio
Moms, You Need A Time-Out! If you are anything like me, you are running on next to nothing day-by-day. It’s only mid-week, but it feels like the Monday-est, Monday of all weeks. So many diapers and potty-training accidents. So many nights of interrupted sleep. Soooo...
Jan 28, 2020 | The Studio
Whether I’m talking about my almost two-year-old son, or the 4-14 year old students who take classes in our studio, or the children who use our curriculum, play is always on the forefront of my mind. Play is the stuff that childhood is made of. We say that if...
Sep 26, 2019 | Homeschool
You wear many hats. Mom. Dad. Sibling-Referee. Bus-Driver. Entertainer. Chef. Night-Time Wrangler. Housekeeper. So many hats. But here you are, smiling (perhaps nervously or with naïve (or knowing) excitement), to take on one more still. Teacher. People shake their...
May 24, 2019 | Homeschool
Joseph Chilton Pearce once said, “To live a creative life, we must first lose our fear of being wrong.” Art has a way of making us think differently, see different perspectives, break through mental blocks, lessen our perfectionistic tendencies, and simply add color...
