where the wild things grow

I founded a Waldorf inspired K-5 school, have taught K-3rd grade AND am now homeschooling my own children. Believe me, I am intimately...

I crashed with a good friend after being displaced by Hurricane Helene. She and I became good friends when I had her children in my...

I am not an advocate for screentime under age four unless in times of desperation like an aiplane ride, a long road trip, an ER visit or...

"I'm not a math person" . People who struggled with math growing up often say this, "I'm not a math person" as though being good at math...

As I wrote the title to this post I actually heard myself say, "Blech", outloud because I hate labels like "worldschooler" or...

I see you! You cringed just as I do everytime someone hits me with this asinine question, "Don't your kids need to socialize?" when they...

I firmly believe that "school" prior to age six should consist of play and process. Kindergarten and preschool should focus on centers,...

AUTUMN I started reading to my boys when they were only a few months old. We read all sorts of books with rich, descriptive language,...

For most of us, this is the way it goes. You go to college, get a job, get married, buy a house, have a small handful of kids and send...

I had to shorten the title I wanted on this post. Ideally, this title would read, "Please, for the love of all that sparkles, stop...

What I love about providing a multi-faceted "main lesson" is the way a simple subject, or unit of study, can morph into something...

My family and I have officially relocated to North Carolina from Montana and our twins will be entering the 3rd grade, which is often...

Someone recently asked me, "Do you travel full-time?" and although I wish I couldv'e answered a resounding "YES!", but in actuality we...

I titled this post with the hope of casting a wide net and pulling in some mamas of toddlers and preschool aged children curious how to...

Homeschooling is much easier than people realize and it can be done anywhere you are! We prefer to call ourselves "world schoolers" as we...

Waldorf education is less about what you have and much more about who you are. The foundation of Waldorf is spirituality and connection...

I have been "Waldorfy" since before I really knew what Waldorf education was meaning that I was intrinsically motivated as a mother to...

There's a reason hoards of families are pulling their kids from public school and choosing to homeschool! Homeschooling has gained...

When I first launched Epoch, Inc., in 2022 I hired a teacher. My original plan was to bring a cohort of kids together (which I did),...

When I launched Epoch, a Waldorf-inspired micro school in Bozeman, Montana several; years ago, I remember a gentlemen in the local social...