February 7, 2015
Why Nature Study? At a recent seminar, one of our attendees asked, “Why Nature Study?” I’ve received many “how-to” questions, but this was the first time […]
August 10, 2014
Life is a strange, unpredictable thing. It took me longer to figure this out than it should have. Even so, by the time I was seven […]
May 25, 2014
Monet’s Garden at Argenteuil A lady walks in to the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. with a group of high school students. She is confident because, […]
February 16, 2014
“Nature Knowledge the most important for Young Children. –It would be well if all we persons in authority, parents and all who act for parents, could […]
December 8, 2013
This blog was originally posted by Dr. Spencer for the Willow Tree Community School. I have written before about how all of the pictures that we […]
October 27, 2013
Perspective is a curious thing. I find that mine seems to be in a constant state of change as I grow older, add to my family, […]
September 29, 2013
This morning when I awoke, the sky was a mist of gentle gloriousness; a peachy haze with edges of fiery lavender that barely concealed the sun. […]
September 22, 2013
Many of you know that, in my B.C. (Before Charlotte) years, I was trained as a public school educator, and I taught kindergarten and then second […]
September 15, 2013
Education as an atmosphere is one of Mason’s fundamental pillars for education. What are the components of education as an atmosphere? There are two broad categories […]
