2020 has been a strange year. A pandemic and all its accoutrements plus forest fires and a vitriolic election campaign in the U.S. have kept many of us in constant fight/flight mode. However, some elements of the year have made 2020 a good year. More time at home meant more time to bring order to our homes, to read good…
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Life is fragile. Perhaps I’m thinking more about the delicacy, the whisper-thread of spider silk that our life rests upon, because last night I wrote a letter to my daughter. She’s almost one year old, and I’m just now writing to her a letter of the things I want her to know in case I’m not given the privilege of…
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The best way to encourage literacy in your children is to read aloud to them and surround them with books. I’m trying to encourage my children to learn Spanish, even though we live in an English-speaking town, so I’m building up our library of Spanish and bilingual children’s books. If you are interested in forming a Spanish/English bilingual environment for…
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Many of us are newly interested in homesteading skills after being quarantined for 2-3 months and experiencing some surprising shortages. Here are 99 new homesteading skills for you to try, whether you are unable to buy something right now or you just want to have the new skill to fill your time productively. Many of the skills listed are linked…
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What does it mean to have a bilingual baby? Babies can’t talk, so how can they be bilingual? While babies may not be able to speak, they understand far more than we think they do. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found in a small study that babies as young as six months old could understand a number of common…
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