Go with me on a little journey as I explore the analogous relationship between children and my freeform locs. Words in all caps are cues as to the hidden message about how parents, teachers, etc. relate or should relate to children. During my first year of teaching at 21 years old, I got fed up … Continue reading Children Are Like Locs

One of the many concepts we find it hard to get parents to grasp is that the adult in the child's life is to do nothing but wait.  I totally understand this challenge, because I used to be one of them!  When I visited my first Sudbury school, I kept asking questions about how and … Continue reading The Waiting Room of Childhood

So thankful for the student who suggested students get memberships to the local rec center! We are a small school but we accomplish big things when students put their heads together in a school meeting!

We have come to the end of our first quarter of school. In a traditional school, report cards would go out around this time and parents would be scheduling meetings with teachers to discuss their child's academic performance.  That doesn't happen at the Living Water School.  To best describe our reporting process is to just … Continue reading Keep Reading. Keep Talking.

I was once asked the question if it is wise to mix the Sudbury model or unschooling with traditional teaching methods.  The answer to this question is a long and complicated one, but let me first say that personally I feel that Sudbury should NOT be mixed with any other teaching philosophy, especially traditional methods.  … Continue reading The Dangers of Mixing Philosophies

As I have shared earlier, although I am greatly inspired by the Sudbury model, I realize those parts of the school that are not in line with the model. One of the main things that I feel may prohibit us from being truly characterized as a Sudbury school is that we are a Christian school. … Continue reading A Child’s Freedom to Choose Christianity

Well it's the first week of year number 4 and everything went off beautifully (I cannot believe it has been 4 years since God led me to open this school)! We added a preschool room this year, so we can now give children as young as two FREEDOM! We have a larger community, and have … Continue reading From the Mouths of Babes