Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Hi. How ARE you? Feels like a silly question to even ask. I’m glad you are here. I hope Togetherness is bringing you peace, joy or just helping you manage the juggle that is life right now. Wherever you are, I hope you are safe...
New Book & Summer Together (Online) Tour
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, After dropping my new book on Amazon in 3.75 weeks, I’ve honestly been in a bit of recovery mode. I’ve been trying to soak up newer resources on racial justice and education, and I’ve been inspired by this series from...
June Together Tips: Amplification, Allies, and Anti-Racist Actions
Dear Together Friends and Family, My author self has been at a loss over these past two weeks – though I did find a few personal words to share over here and here. The magnitude of systemic racism that has been present for hundreds of years is overwhelming. Like many...
April Together Tips: Clickers, Caves & Virtual Courses
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Greetings from Together-ish (can that be a word?) Land. Why Together-ish, you may wonder? Well, just like the rest of us, I’m a little all over the place. I’ve been Semi-Schooling the children, bringing out the beloved...
Pandemic Post #6: Student “Netiquette,” or, Busting My First Grader
“Mom School – Lite” is still in session in Together-Land but it’s now mostly my first and fourth-graders on live Zooms each day and then working on follow-up tasks. And wouldn’t you know it, while I was unloading the dishwasher/feeding the cats/helping my...
April Together Tips: Turmoil & Trade-offs
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, Ummm. . . hi. How ARE you? I almost don’t know how to begin, but maybe let’s start with my return to Ms. H-M. Or, perhaps my newly-installed lawn ornaments to provide joy to my neighbors? Or, maybe my struggle with my daily...
The Semi-Together Pandemic Parent: Balancing Structure and Choice
So, amidst all of this uncertainty, a lot of us teacher-types (myself included) are a tiny bit excited to exercise our education muscles and create very awesome homeschool schedules, stations, materials and centers. And different kids and different families need...
The Together Pandemic Parent: Seven Strategies to Plan, Prioritize and…Plan?!
Author Note: As of 3/14/2020, this post has been edited due to increasing calls for social distancing. It’s coming. . . I can feel it. The moment when I get the announcement from my children’s school district that buildings will be closed. [UPDATE: One hour after...
March Together Tips: Travels, Tech Tips & Together Toddlers!
Dear Together Friends, Fans, and Family, March has arrived! Well, how did that happen? February found me in a LOT of different settings: stricken by the flu, facilitating in feathers, and floating in the lagoons. All in a month’s work, I suppose. All while cranking...
The Together Music Teacher!
Deep in revisions for an upcoming 2nd edition of The Together Teacher (date TBA!), l find myself thinking lots about Specials Teachers. As the daughter of an art teacher, I know that materials management, mobile classrooms, and communication with colleagues matter a...