History Just Gets Older the Longer You Wait

I admit to really not enjoying history when I was in school. Seemed it was all about names and dates and places and politics. I couldn’t absorb it when I was first exposed to it at age 13 let alone make any sense of why it was important. It’s beyond me why curriculum creators thought [...]

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September 10th, 2010 by Milesmac

School Readiness Starts at Birth

Remember your first day of school? I have a picture from my first day but I don’t remember the occasion. Of course we have pictures of the boy’s first day and I was pretty confident that he was prepared for school. Educators refer to “school readiness” and there are standardized tests used by some schools [...]

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April 21st, 2010 by Milesmac

Travel Journal: blogging with Paper and Pencil

I have a Confederate Hat that’s been kicking around for more than 30 years. It is a memento of a family trip to Florida. My parents gave us a little travel journal to fill on the trip. What a treasure it is today! We learned to open our eyes, record what was meaningful, and spend [...]

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March 20th, 2010 by Milesmac

Museum Membership Makes the Space Your Own

Remember the once-a-year school trip to the local museum herded through the facility with a well-meaning volunteer trying to captivate your attention? Then I heard about, and was bewildered by, the idea of a museum membership. Why on earth would anyone want to spend so much for unlimited access to the museum?! Wasn’t once a [...]

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March 19th, 2010 by Milesmac
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