Documenting Passion
“Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.” — Samuel Johnson When I was nine I wanted to learn how to ice-skate — probably not the first thing my parents would have guessed I’d show…
Category Curiosity
Fairy Doors for Kids
Have you ever spotted fairy doors? Once you see one, your radar will be attuned to them like it might be for ice cream on a hot summer day or your favorite jeans at a basement sale. We’re blessed to live…
Big, Bad, Porcelain Canvas
In preparation for a recent trip to Boston, friends suggested that I stock up on new toys to entertain my child on the airplane.  So, along with purchasing a Mrs. Potato Head and an Elmo DVD (a moment of weakness…
Playdough Tools
If you have a batch of playdough and could use some ideas for how to play with it, we’re going to dig into that today! If you don’t have any playdough, and want to know how to make playdough, click…
Eight Ways to Follow a Child’s Curiosities
“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” – Eleanor Roosevelt I really wanted a birdhouse. I’m not sure why exactly,…
Be the "Guide on the Side"
In the world of education, sage on the stage is a phrase that’s sometimes used to describe the all-too-familiar scene of the knowledgable teacher delivering lectures to passive students who memorize information for the sake of spitting it back out again…