I have a real distaste for canned curriculum. The memories of being forced to follow a pacing guide, being reprimanded if I wasn’t on the same page as the other teachers, making photocopies of worksheets, and being bored out of my mind while I read a script to my students……

You are suspicious when traveling with a visible or invisible disability or chronic illness until you prove you aren’t. By now, my audience knows that I have Type 1 diabetes. I work in the arts and education sector and much of my work is moving from online learning back to…

They call the wind Mariah. I am named after that song. I’ve always loved that it means the wind. And with my new study, interest, and practice in sailing, I’m getting a whole new way to understand who I am. Sailing Lessons? My friends have been shocked. Sailing really wasn’t in my…

When your creative drive fails you, build a structure. The last few weeks have been too much on top of too much. We grieved the passing of beloved Representative John Lewis, our otherworldly superhero Chadwick Boseman, and now the Notorious RBG. The enduring terrorism by white supremacists, abusive policing, an…

Our children are going through a crisis of epic proportion that they will remember for the rest of their lives. They will experience existential questioning, changes in community and social behaviors. …

A playlist working to build a more beautiful community for our children. I don’t teach Kindergarten anymore but this album really makes me wish I was holding circle with a bunch of 5 year olds! I am over-the-moon delighted with the new album from The Alphabet Rockers. …

(May You Live in Interesting Times is the theme for the 58th Venice Biennale.) Getting here wasn’t that easy. I was sick on the plane ride over, left my computer on the plane (remembered while standing in line for customs and bolted back for it like Usain stuck in a…

I was late to the summit. Bay Area traffic had me waiting for decades to cross the Bay Bridge. Agitated with myself and the world for many…

November 12, 2015 Let me jump straight to the point. Movement based learning supports neural pathways for cognitive growth! Dr. Kenneth Wesson, tells us this “Young, developing brains benefit most from a rich variety of one-on-one emotional, verbal, visual, physical and tactile engagements.” …