Blog Archives

November 2024
- Nov 27, 2024 Praise the Light of Late November
October 2024
- Oct 26, 2024 Color and Light
September 2024
- Sep 13, 2024 The First Day of School
August 2024
- Aug 27, 2024 The Saving Grace of the Arts: The Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
July 2024
- Jul 18, 2024 This Summer, Keep a Sketchbook
June 2024
- Jun 30, 2024 A wedding
May 2024
- May 31, 2024 Ode to Brother Steve
March 2024
- Mar 28, 2024 Choose to Bless the World
- Mar 11, 2024 A week with Jack
February 2024
- Feb 19, 2024 Visiting Tanzania: The Rift Valley Children's Village
January 2024
- Jan 20, 2024 Learning & Joy
December 2023
- Dec 12, 2023 Finding Light
November 2023
- Nov 15, 2023 Stories in Leaves
October 2023
- Oct 7, 2023 Principia School’s Early Learning Center: A Retrospective
September 2023
- Sep 13, 2023 Forest Bathing
August 2023
- Aug 8, 2023 Joy is Not Made to be a Crumb
July 2023
- Jul 10, 2023 Skiing Seeing Being
June 2023
- Jun 11, 2023 Circles
May 2023
- May 15, 2023 Miracles of Spring at Home
April 2023
- Apr 29, 2023 Joyful Mindful Travel
March 2023
- Mar 5, 2023 Beautiful Stuff
February 2023
- Feb 17, 2023 Transformative Learning
January 2023
- Jan 26, 2023 Mike Rose: Blend Hands-On with Academic Learning
December 2022
- Dec 11, 2022 A Child's Place
November 2022
- Nov 5, 2022 Engaging, Organized, Beautiful Learning: The College School
October 2022
- Oct 10, 2022 Wild Geese
September 2022
- Sep 21, 2022 Teaching Preschool Partners
August 2022
- Aug 17, 2022 My Second Curve
July 2022
- Jul 18, 2022 Summer
June 2022
- Jun 27, 2022 The Capacious Heart of author Kate DiCamillo
May 2022
- May 30, 2022 The Inspiration of a Grandfather: Luther Ely Smith
April 2022
- Apr 27, 2022 Returning to The College School: Reggio Inspired for Thirty Years
March 2022
- Mar 25, 2022 Gyo Obata, Dear Friend and Mentor
February 2022
- Feb 27, 2022 Moments of Joy
January 2022
- Jan 29, 2022 Thich Nhat Hanh
December 2021
- Dec 19, 2021 The Shortest Day
November 2021
- Nov 13, 2021 Rift Valley Children's Village in Tanzania
October 2021
- Oct 9, 2021 October
September 2021
- Sep 21, 2021 The Power and the Pleasure of the Natural World
August 2021
- Aug 19, 2021 Ode to Opal School
July 2021
- Jul 19, 2021 Capturing Summer
June 2021
- Jun 9, 2021 Awakened to Reggio Podcast
May 2021
- May 13, 2021 Spring and Mother's Day
April 2021
- Apr 29, 2021 Daily Journal Pages for Jack
March 2021
- Mar 17, 2021 A Year Later
February 2021
- Feb 27, 2021 The St. Michael School of Clayton...Where We Brought Reggio Emilia Home
January 2021
- Jan 30, 2021 The Hill We Climb
December 2020
- Dec 21, 2020 The Shortest Day
November 2020
- Nov 29, 2020 Grateful for the Unexpected
October 2020
- Oct 13, 2020 Learning Outdoors
September 2020
- Sep 25, 2020 Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
August 2020
- Aug 19, 2020 Finding Refuge
July 2020
- Jul 30, 2020 Anti-Racism
June 2020
- Jun 28, 2020 Do Something
May 2020
- May 26, 2020 An Act of Love Might Tip the Scales
April 2020
- Apr 10, 2020 Reflections from Week Four of #stayathome
March 2020
- Mar 19, 2020 Family Life and Learning in the Time of Covid-2019
February 2020
- Feb 3, 2020 The Legacy of a Family Farm
January 2020
- Jan 8, 2020 The St. Michael School of Clayton Celebrates 50 Years by Guest Blogger, Charles Schwall
December 2019
- Dec 5, 2019 Join Us in Vermont July 16-18: REGISTRATION DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2020
November 2019
- Nov 11, 2019 The Goodness of Rain
October 2019
- Oct 3, 2019 Reflections from the Train: Author Ann Lewin-Benham
September 2019
- Sep 6, 2019 Ode to Brother Steve
August 2019
- Aug 15, 2019 Principia News: Teaching Transformed
July 2019
- Jul 13, 2019 Thoughts on Creativity by Loris Malaguzzi
June 2019
- Jun 25, 2019 Student Designed, Energy Efficient Home Under Construction
- Jun 11, 2019 We're All in This Together: Bill McKibben Speaks About our Planet in Crisis
May 2019
- May 27, 2019 The Thrill of Beginning to Write
- May 6, 2019 A Celebration for an Exceptional Educational Leader: Dr. Ena Shelley
April 2019
- Apr 22, 2019 Close Observation...”The Zen of Seeing”
- Apr 9, 2019 Saying Goodbye to Olly
March 2019
- Mar 20, 2019 21st Century Curricula and School Design
- Mar 4, 2019 Nurturing Creativity in the Classroom
February 2019
- Feb 27, 2019 The Power of Imagination
- Feb 13, 2019 Always Remember Mary Oliver
December 2018
- Dec 26, 2018 The Shortest Day
- Dec 2, 2018 Tiziana Filippini in Boston
November 2018
- Nov 23, 2018 Grateful
- Nov 9, 2018 Education Is Democracy
October 2018
- Oct 22, 2018 Playground Design: Resources and Patterns
- Oct 15, 2018 Returning to Reggio Emilia
September 2018
- Sep 7, 2018 Ingenious School Design by Middlebury College Students
August 2018
- Aug 24, 2018 Creativity Inspired by Reggio Emilia
July 2018
- Jul 18, 2018 Creativity by the Lake
- Jul 3, 2018 Creativity is Alive
June 2018
- Jun 27, 2018 We Need New Metaphors for School
- Jun 20, 2018 Reflections on Creativity
May 2018
- May 28, 2018 Radical Empathy: Graduation 2018
- May 17, 2018 Matters of Life and Death
- May 1, 2018 School Transformation: Principia Lower School
April 2018
- Apr 25, 2018 Patterns and Elements of a Good Project
March 2018
- Mar 9, 2018 Transparency and Glass in School Design
February 2018
- Feb 28, 2018 Worldwide Reggio Inspiration: Thailand
- Feb 10, 2018 Back Home Again
December 2017
- Dec 17, 2017 Happy Holidays
- Dec 11, 2017 Noticing and Drawing the World with Young Children
November 2017
- Nov 15, 2017 Rounds at Harvard Graduate School of Education
October 2017
- Oct 27, 2017 Thinking Like a Scientist...Thinking Like an Artist
September 2017
- Sep 29, 2017 Circles of Learning
- Sep 20, 2017 I Need you to Write the Curriculum for a Reggio School...
August 2017
- Aug 27, 2017 The Arts and Community
- Aug 9, 2017 Summer Gratefulness in Images
July 2017
- Jul 29, 2017 Naturskolan: Sustainability and Education in Sweden
- Jul 18, 2017 Beyond Quality and Gunilla Dalhberg
- Jul 14, 2017 Inspired by Sweden
June 2017
- Jun 12, 2017 A Celebration of Learning
- Jun 8, 2017 A Living Building as Learning Center
May 2017
- May 25, 2017 Spring
- May 16, 2017 Literacy, Science and the Studio at La Scuola
April 2017
- Apr 30, 2017 Sun Sets on a School Year, and Plans Blossom for Next Year
- Apr 9, 2017 I Used to Think...But Now I Think...
March 2017
- Mar 31, 2017 All are Welcome: Anti-Bias Curriculum in Today's World
- Mar 15, 2017 Reflections on Aesthetics
February 2017
- Feb 28, 2017 Teach the Children
- Feb 14, 2017 "We Have These Precious Rights and We Should Use Them"
January 2017
- Jan 25, 2017 A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall…and my emotions will overwhelm me…and I will fail…then, survive…even thrive.
- Jan 17, 2017 Environments and Materials in Reggio Inspired Practice
December 2016
- Dec 23, 2016 Keeping Faith in Love and Light
- Dec 16, 2016 Post Proof
November 2016
- Nov 27, 2016 Affirming our Unwavering Commitment to Children
- Nov 19, 2016 Recognizing Young Children as Citizens
October 2016
- Oct 28, 2016 Happy Halloween
- Oct 22, 2016 Seeing and Drawing
September 2016
- Sep 25, 2016 Learning That Lasts
- Sep 12, 2016 "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
August 2016
- Aug 31, 2016 Preparing Classrooms for a New Year
- Aug 18, 2016 Arts and Passion-Driven Learning Harvard 2016
July 2016
- Jul 30, 2016 Zeno Mountain Farm: An Experiment in Extreme Diversity
- Jul 15, 2016 Leading through Laughter
June 2016
- Jun 30, 2016 Maine
- Jun 18, 2016 Reflections on Mercatello sul Metauro
May 2016
- May 27, 2016 Here's a New Take on Documentation...
- May 16, 2016 Does Beauty Hold the World Together?
April 2016
- Apr 23, 2016 The Mindful Child (and Adult)
- Apr 10, 2016 Cosmic Geometry
- Apr 1, 2016 Exploring Identity at Buckingham Browne & Nichols
March 2016
- Mar 14, 2016 What Do You Care About and Why?
February 2016
- Feb 21, 2016 Baby Steps: Making Learning Visible
- Feb 19, 2016 Yes, We Can Teach Fairness...Starting with Relationships
January 2016
- Jan 29, 2016 Working Side by Side with Teachers
- Jan 6, 2016 Learning Together in a Special Place
December 2015
- Dec 28, 2015 Documentation Panels at The St. Michael School of Clayton
- Dec 16, 2015 A Beautiful Opportunity
November 2015
- Nov 24, 2015 Gratitude
- Nov 7, 2015 Indianapolis Public School Butler University Lab School
October 2015
- Oct 19, 2015 Why What You Learned in Preschool is Crucial...
- Oct 18, 2015 Schools for Wisdom...a critique of High Tech High by David Brooks
- Oct 14, 2015 Nothing Gold Can Stay-Part II
- Oct 7, 2015 Come Learn With Us In Italy!
September 2015
- Sep 14, 2015 What Does Jordan Spieth Have to Do with School?
- Sep 8, 2015 School Prayer by Diane Ackerman
August 2015
- Aug 18, 2015 Appreciative Inquiry Stories with guest blogger Lori Ryan
- Aug 9, 2015 Future of Learning: Harvard Project Zero
July 2015
- Jul 22, 2015 Art New England
- Jul 2, 2015 Powerful Projects at Bilingual School 33
June 2015
- Jun 24, 2015 A Courageous Voyage
May 2015
- May 26, 2015 New Look for our Newsletter
- May 24, 2015 Commencement Wisdom
- May 4, 2015 Composing Student Work in Books for a Public Audience
April 2015
- Apr 22, 2015 Protocols and Learning at La Scuola, Miami
- Apr 11, 2015 Environments and Materials: Lesley University
March 2015
- Mar 15, 2015 NAREA NYC
- Mar 8, 2015 Materials, Learning and Technology
February 2015
- Feb 27, 2015 Materials
- Feb 12, 2015 Beautiful Questions
January 2015
- Jan 27, 2015 Winter
- Jan 6, 2015 Storytelling and Classrooms
December 2014
- Dec 26, 2014 Everything New
November 2014
- Nov 23, 2014 Professional Development at Buckingham Browne & Nichols
- Nov 2, 2014 Leaves
October 2014
- Oct 18, 2014 Opal School Professional Development-Don't Miss it!
- Oct 4, 2014 One Big Question at La Scuola
September 2014
- Sep 25, 2014 Behind the Scenes
August 2014
- Aug 26, 2014 Getting Ready for a Wedding!
- Aug 16, 2014 A New Edition of In the Spirit of the Studio!
July 2014
- Jul 17, 2014 What Do Baseball and Soccer/Futbol Have to Do with It?
- Jul 1, 2014 Sweet Summer
June 2014
- Jun 29, 2014 What Are You Most Proud Of? Transformation at Buffalo School 33
- Jun 4, 2014 From a Wonderful Newsletter...ExchangeEveryday
May 2014
- May 16, 2014 Nothing Gold Can Stay
- May 11, 2014 To All Mothers and Teachers
- May 3, 2014 Inspiring Work at Buffalo School 33
April 2014
- Apr 9, 2014 Creating Possible Worlds...a new book from Opal School
March 2014
- Mar 31, 2014 Views of Leadership: An Interview with Louise Cadwell, by Guest Blogger, Melissa Tobias
- Mar 25, 2014 Paris Views: Collections, Materials, Compositions
- Mar 5, 2014 The Art of Inquiry at Opal School, co-authored with Yvonne Liu-Constant
February 2014
- Feb 26, 2014 Are Standardized Tests the Super Bowl of Education? Guest Post by Dean Ena Shelley of Butler University
- Feb 23, 2014 A Week at Opal School
- Feb 5, 2014 Birthdays
January 2014
- Jan 22, 2014 Vea Vecchi and Documentation
- Jan 5, 2014 A New Year's Walk in Winter Wonderland
December 2013
- Dec 15, 2013 A Winter Walk in the Arboretum
November 2013
- Nov 22, 2013 All Aboard the Reggio Train by Guest Blogger, Bobbi Macdonald of City Neighbors Foundation
- Nov 19, 2013 Design Thinking Workshop at Moses Brown
October 2013
- Oct 31, 2013 All School Design Challenge at Moses Brown in Providence, RI
- Oct 13, 2013 Visiting Schools in St. Louis
September 2013
- Sep 15, 2013 Texas A&M University-Commerce and Sustainability Education
- Sep 9, 2013 School 33 Buffalo, NY
August 2013
- Aug 30, 2013 Two Gems Hiding Out in the Hinterlands of Indiana
- Aug 13, 2013 Last look at Summer before our School Year Begins
July 2013
- Jul 31, 2013 Summer Hike with my New Camera
- Jul 19, 2013 Summer
- Jul 3, 2013 Happy Independence Day
June 2013
- Jun 24, 2013 Two Remarkable Charter Schools in Baltimore, MD
- Jun 5, 2013 Aesthetics and Design
May 2013
- May 25, 2013 A Gathering of Educators in Boston
- May 16, 2013 Commencement
- May 5, 2013 What's Basketball Got to Do with It?... Discipline. Relationships. Fun.
April 2013
- Apr 28, 2013 Thinking about Play...
March 2013
- Mar 17, 2013 A Week at Opal School, with Guest Blog Post Author, Ena Shelley
February 2013
- Feb 26, 2013 Teachers Can Be Like Jazz Musicians
- Feb 13, 2013 Design Your School Beginning with the Faculty's Ideas??!!
- Feb 6, 2013 Up Coming Green Schools Conference and Our Presentation
- Feb 4, 2013 Photography: A Few Thoughts on Why and How
January 2013
- Jan 25, 2013 Baby Therapy
- Jan 17, 2013 Homebound
December 2012
- Dec 27, 2012 Grateful
- Dec 19, 2012 A Hope and a Prayer
- Dec 13, 2012 Teaching may be a matter of faith....
- Dec 7, 2012 Great Teachers
November 2012
- Nov 30, 2012 What Is Living For?
- Nov 10, 2012 Democracy and Teaching
- Nov 2, 2012 iBook Author, A Great New Tool for Documentation
October 2012
- Oct 27, 2012 The White House Kitchen Garden
- Oct 10, 2012 Deconstruction...Design...Reconstruction....
- Oct 4, 2012 Creativity and Collaboration
September 2012
- Sep 22, 2012 Great Schools in the News!
- Sep 10, 2012 This We Believe
August 2012
- Aug 29, 2012 Reading the World and the Word
- Aug 22, 2012 Inquiry-Based Projects and Exemplary Student Work
- Aug 4, 2012 Sustainability! Maplewood Richmond Heights Visits Middlebury College
July 2012
- Jul 24, 2012 The Agro Dolce Classroom
- Jul 19, 2012 Ecoliterate
- Jul 13, 2012 Entering Boston
June 2012
- Jun 29, 2012 By the Sea
- Jun 22, 2012 Moving
May 2012
- May 20, 2012 Learning for the Future: Twenty-first Century Schools
- May 8, 2012 Myth Busters, Challenged Assumptions and Learned for the Future
April 2012
- Apr 30, 2012 A new generation: Welcome Asher Adams Cadwell!
- Apr 23, 2012 Make Way for Ducklings
- Apr 10, 2012 What’s Bubba Got to Do with It? Attention Deficit Disorder SUCCESS.
- Apr 5, 2012 What Does Golf Have to Do with It????
March 2012
- Mar 31, 2012 Spring
- Mar 23, 2012 Imagination, Creativity & Learning: A Field Study in Elementary Education
- Mar 21, 2012 Schools Are Community Centers
- Mar 9, 2012 The Third Teacher, School Design for the 21st Century
- Mar 2, 2012 Myth: Tests are the Best Measure of Achievement
February 2012
- Feb 23, 2012 The Latest Brain Research: How People Learn
- Feb 16, 2012 Authentic Youth Engagement: Students Are Citizens Now
- Feb 2, 2012 A Myth to Bust: Students Don't Do Real Work in School
January 2012
- Jan 31, 2012 Vital Collaboration for the Future: Independent and Public Schools
- Jan 11, 2012 Which comes first: 21st Century Curricula or 21st Century School Design?
- Jan 10, 2012 Shared Vision and Shared Leadership
December 2011
- Dec 27, 2011 Reflecting on 2011
- Dec 23, 2011 Take Heaven! Take Peace! Take Joy!
- Dec 18, 2011 Singing the Praises of Music in School
- Dec 8, 2011 Vea Vecchi: Beauty and Ethics are Foundational for our Future
November 2011
- Nov 30, 2011 Join us in April for an outstanding professional development opportunity!
- Nov 22, 2011 Happy Thanksgiving
- Nov 15, 2011 Designing a New School for the 21st. Century
October 2011
- Oct 31, 2011 What's Baseball Got to Do with It?
- Oct 25, 2011 Coaching, the Most Effective Way to Teach
- Oct 12, 2011 Steve Jobs Aesthetics, An Inspiration to Educators
September 2011
- Sep 16, 2011 The Power and the Pleasure of Curriculum Mapping
- Sep 4, 2011 Engaging Our Grounds: First International Conference on Schoolyard Transformation in United States
August 2011
- Aug 11, 2011 21st Century School Design
- Aug 1, 2011 A Field Guide by Kindergarten Students in Portland, OR
July 2011
- Jul 21, 2011 Middlebury College Solar Decathlon Home
- Jul 7, 2011 From Ligonchio, Italy
June 2011
- Jun 26, 2011 Opal School of the Portland Children's Museum
- Jun 22, 2011 Excited about our new blog