Another guest post from Sharon Wagner. We both hope you find this helpful while engaging with your child. Even kids with disabilities find joy in exploration and learning. Here are some guidelines to help you get started. Children begin life as natural scientists —...
This is a guest post from Sharon Wagner from Senior Friendly, a website for seniors and those who love them. Sharon has a book coming soon! For more information, go to Seniorfriendly.info There’s a kind of tired that slides past simple sleep debt—it builds itself into...
Christmas has always been challenging for me, probably because we’re all supposed to be so happy! The holiday spirit is about joy and child-like wonder and no one is allowed to be sad. Sadness equals “Bah Humbug.” So here I was, facing Christmas...
I was revising my author bio when I suddenly stopped. “Author, Teacher, Caregiver…” Wait. I’m not a caregiver anymore. I have identified as my daughter’s caregiver for almost 30 years. But she moved out to live in a group home where other...
truckload household goods being moved by Library of Congress is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 I thought it would take just two months for me to find some kind of balance and for Rhia to settle into her new life at the group home. What is two months of respite compared to...
my new classroom: a desk, a laptop and a blue background to hide my messy room Welcome to teaching in 2020. The photo above is my new classroom, which is a corner of my bedroom, where I spent 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. In this little corner, I sat at my desk and...
