Spring foraging is top of our list of things to do with the kids now that spring has well and truly reached our little corner of South West France. You would think living deep in the countryside would be peaceful, but on a recent walk around our village I couldn’t help but observe how noisy it was […]
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Earlier this month, we took part in the 18th Celebration of Everglades Day. We spent a wonderful afternoon experiencing conservancy at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. This refuge is one of the few left in our country and is a wonderful place to observe the beauty of nature in its form of Florida swamp! Loxahatchee has approximately 144,000
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It’s become popular and, indeed, a must in most primary schools and nurseries worldwide to have some sort of diversity woven into the curriculum. From black dolls to books featuring kids in wheelchairs, you shouldn’t have to look too far to find diversity in the classroom. I remember visiting my daughter’s nursery in England when
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When Purim arrives in the Jewish community, I challenge my students — all from interfaith families with at least one Jewish parent — to explore this holiday alongside the Hindu holiday of Holi, the Sikh holiday of Hola Mohallah, and the Catholic holiday of St. Patrick’s Day. I encourage them to learn basic facts about each
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Every time someone asks me where I am from and their eyes glaze over like I just spoke in Martian, I vow to always teach my kids about world geography. I once got asked if Peru was in Africa. It was a face-palm moment for sure. My oldest daughter is 17 and she is pretty
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