In Praise of Play

One of my favorite things about these [many] days at home is our ability to follow the kids' interests on a whim and dig deeper. It...

So, what do robots, Star Wars, magnet science and squirrels have in common? Not a whole  lot, but summers here at the Sprout Scouts Playca...

I'm baaaaaack. Ok, let's be honest. I've been here the whole time. In fact, I had not actually been into a store or public bui...

Am I doing this right? It used to be a question I asked myself every so often both as a parent and as a teacher. And now that we are all ...

These are unprecedented times. There is nothing in our proverbial tool belts to help us know how to navigate this. Our lives, our chil...

Perhaps the blessing in disguise of being home all day every day with my kids right now is that I am too busy to worry. But then once they...