Parenting and Pedagogy

Parenting and Pedagogy is about writing my way. Thinking about parenting, teaching, literacy, arts, life, and finding my next path. The roots of this blog are the foundation of my passion and dedication to Universal Design in Learning. This post feels raw to me now, but is the keystone to what drives me: “When Child and School Collide”

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7/25/23

Re-Thinking & Re-Designing Planning

It is summer and I am pondering, ever so lightly, what kinds of adjustments I will need to make next year. Planning is a piece of the puzzl...

4/18/20

This isn't Homeschooling- It is Emergency Remote Learning

It is April 18th and the school kids, and myself (I teach in a school) have been home now for 5 weeks. From the initial shock of it all, t...

11/26/19

Detours

I sat down today, to begin writing a post to recap about a colleague’s presentation of her UDL journey, and takeaways from a visit to ...

7/17/19

My Roots

I was just thinking of all the things I have done, all the lessons I have taught and learned as an educator. Sometimes it becomes too easy...

6/19/19

End of Year Song

I started singing in my area’s Rock Voices choir a couple summers ago, and I noticed a phenomena, probably discovered by many already in s...

6/17/19

UDL more than the next ”Buzzword”

We have heard them before, “whole language”, “phonics”, “research based”, “differentiation”, “RTI”, “data”, and on and on. . . the buzzwor...

4/23/19

Great Auntie Claire

As a child, I had a the image of Auntie Claire with short, dark hair and clad in a bathing suit on the dock in Otis or hiking up and down ...

6/26/17

Page One

A Tuesday SLice of Life Post SOL17 With the end of the year, a lot to think about has me drawing into myself a bit, and literally dra...

2/16/16

Hunkered Down against a Restless night

Severe cold crept into the region over the weekend, then a flurry gave way to steady snowfall. The kids were distracted with friends most o...

2/9/16

Mom & Boys Ramble

Had this thought the other day about raising boys. Mine seem to at times go out of their way to do and say things that drive me absolutely ...

11/3/15

Dance of Seven

Saturday, Lila lay slumped across my lap holding me down lest I try to actually be helpful as the boys (her brothers) set up their bunk ...

8/20/15

Four Responsive Reasons to Read Ramona Books Before School Starts

When we opened our first Ramona book, not in any particular order, I read my daughter one chapter and stopped for bedtime. My little ...

8/4/15

A new Page

It is midsummer. I haven't been writing. I blame it on the fact that I need a new writer's notebook! I actually shouldn't say...

3/27/15

Morning a musing and poem

I wake and have a cup of tea, but even that is a labor, to keep my eyes opened. I try to get a jumpstart with icy cold water on my face, it...

3/23/15

Phoenix rises From Ashes

One week ago, I took these photos. Lila and I spent the day at the sugarhouse for Sunday's boiling. It was a weekend like...

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