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What Does Leap Year Mean to You?
If you have a February 29 birthday, it probably means you have a celebration planned for Leap Year Day. Or, like Amy Adams in the movie Leap Year, you might be following an Irish tradition of proposing marriage to your boyfriend. As you continue reading, listen to “A Leap Year Promise,” by Randy Edelman. Your family can create Continue reading
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Teacher-Learner Leonard Bernstein
Many educators believe that teaching and learning are the same—two sides of the same coin. It’s because when we teach, we learn and when we learn, we teach. For example, when you teach a math topic you know well, and then have students pick it up in different ways, we learn more about how we Continue reading
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Writing a Love Letter to a Child
Some time ago, my husband and I agreed to stop spending more than $2.00 on a card. Later on, we scratched even the $2.00 and resumed our note writing. I say “resumed” because back in college, we wrote love letters to each other every week for two years. I saved every one of his. Forty years Continue reading