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Why Travel Matters

Why Travel Matters

Many people hear Montessori and immediately relate the curriculum to the ideas of peace, empathy, and the care of living things.  However, I don’t think you can teach Montessori curriculum without at least a piece of Cosmic Education, or the cultural curriculum.  Cosmic Education is essentially the teaching that everything is connected. Cosmic education is […]

Backyard Series: Be a Zoologist

Backyard Series: Be a Zoologist

“My mission is to create a world where we can live in harmony with nature.” – Jane Goodall Did you know that sloths and armadillos belong to the same mammal family? Me neither, until my daughter fell in love with sloths and the knowledge train left the station. Her love for sloths hasn’t lessened in […]

Backyard Series: Be a Botanist

Backyard Series: Be a Botanist

“There is not a spring of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.” Thomas Jefferson My mom has a green thumb, I frequently need her help to keep my gardens green and growing! Both of my children enjoy planting seeds in the spring and watching them grow, we currently have a small pumpkin patch in our […]

Backyard Series: Be a Geologist

Backyard Series: Be a Geologist

“The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars… and then on the surface.” Buzz Aldrin I’ve heard about a place in Arkansas where you can pay to dig for diamonds on a 37 acre plot of land, while I haven’t been […]

Backyard Series: Be An Astronomer

Backyard Series: Be An Astronomer

“It may be that our cosmic curiosity… is a genetically-encoded force that we illuminate when we look up and wonder.” Neil deGrasse Tyson I fell in love with the night sky while camping as a child watching the sky turn dark over the sand dunes on Lake Michigan. Since that summer night, I’ve been inclined […]