Onwards to the north of Iceland – or at least part of it. Today’s journey takes us to Iceland’s second largest city: Akureyri. When we arrived it was 45 degrees, starting to rain, and the weather would get even more interesting! Let me say that anyone who is packing for Iceland, do follow all the […]
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A taste of Northern Iceland
September 2nd, 2019 · No Comments · Education, History, Iceland, Lesson Learned, Museums, Musings, Site Seeing, travel
Tags: Cold winter evenings·crewel work·embroidery·history·horses·Iceland·learning·museum·snow·stables·textile
More about the Erie Canal
October 2nd, 2018 · No Comments · Museums, Musings, photo of the week, travel, Website of the Week
A picture truly is worth a thousand words – here are the winners of the Erie Canal photo contest : ENJOY! I so enjoyed our week on the Erie, I look forward to one day going back to do it again. I’d love to drive along the Erie from one end to the other […]
Tags: Erie Canal·learning·museum·time·travel
Country School Houses
June 14th, 2017 · 1 Comment · Children, Country Schools, Education, Museums, Shaker, Site Seeing, Teaching & Learning, Volunteer
What a day! On this last day of the Country School Association of America conference, we spent from 8 to 6:30 on a bus driving about the local area of New Hampshire visiting no less than nine – yes – NINE – one room country schools! Just amazing. This is my first time at this […]
Tags: Children·country school·Hancock Shaker Village·learning·museum·one-room schoolhouse·photo·reading·school·students·teaching
Watercolors, New Hampshire, Delaware, and the Beechers
June 13th, 2017 · No Comments · Children, Country Schools, eating, Education, Food, Important People, Museums, Play, Teaching & Learning
What do these items have in common? Another great day at the Country School Association of America‘s annual conference! My pictures aren’t so great today as I choose to sit a little further to the side today. I discovered a place in the room with a bit better light overhead and a little less air […]
Tags: art·Beecher·Children·Delaware·DuPont·food·learning·museum·reading·school·teaching·watercolors
Country Schools — Day One
June 12th, 2017 · No Comments · Books, Children, Country Schools, Education, Important People, Museums, Shaker, Teaching & Learning
Well, maybe day two depending upon how you count! But, the first whole day of presentations – and wow were they amazing! Twelve presentations were offered throughout the day – one being mine. You choose one of two in each time slot. First was the keynote speaker, Steve Taylor, a farmer, journalist and longtime public […]
Tags: 19th century·Children·country school·grammar school·Horace Mann·learning·museum·oxen·reading·recitation·school·Shaker·slates·tablets·teaching