Yearly Archives: 2013

A Week with James

This past week, my sister Jessica took care of James as it is childcare vacation week, but both Kelley and I had to work. She wrote this post about her time with James and graciously agreed to let us use it as a guest blog entry. Thank you, Aunt Jessica!  The 25 things I learned… Read more »

Spanish Tip – Keeping Spanish Fun!!

A great way to keep children interested in practicing Spanish is to make it fun! Children want to speak and interact with the people they admire and about the things that interest them. Who do they admire most? You! Tie Spanish into family game night or watch a favorite movie in Spanish! Another fun way… Read more »

Come for the Spanish, Stay for the Love

Part of what sets Pine Village apart:  co-founders Brid and Emma A few weeks ago, I joined PVP’s Enrollment Director Kendra Bucklin at Back Bay’s Kingsley Montessori Meet the Schools Night. One of the questions that a prospective parent asked me was, What sets Pine Village apart from all the other schools out there? For… Read more »

Spanish Tip for Summer Fun

Let’s go to the beach Vamos a la Playa It’s that time of year, finally! The weather is warmer and you can take the kids outside to play. Whether you’re at the beach or playing in the yard, we’ve got your back with some useful vocabulary words for summer-time fun!   The Beach- La playa… Read more »

Books and My (Sweet Baby) James

I am so ridiculously happy to say: this week’s blog is about books. In honor of our Authors’ Month curriculum theme, which, o.k., is now officially over, but since I wrote this on the night of April 30, I’m still within the bounds. 
 As you know, my hope had been to write about books… Read more »

Lockdown

James (2), watching for helicoptersoutside our window So, apparently, I spoke too soon. Remember last week how I said my family wasn’t directly affected by the events of the week? On Friday morning we woke up to a phone call at 6:08 a.m. Early morning phone calls are rarely good, and my heart was pounding… Read more »

Times Like These

This week’s blog post was supposed to be about books. I got a little heavy last week, so I thought that I’d lighten things up, go with the curriculum theme of the month, and focus on the books that James looks forward to every night. But, obviously, that isn’t exactly at the top of my… Read more »

Butterflies in the Tummy

I have to be honest, this has been a tough couple of weeks. Slipping on the ice and giving myself a concussion – not fun. Having the fog evaporate and realizing exactly how much fell through the cracks when I was off in concussion-la-la land? Really not fun. In a really really kind of way…. Read more »

I Believe

This past weekend was, for some of us, Easter Weekend. And, no, this isn’t about to be about religious beliefs or different spiritual traditions – this is about the all-important question of, well, the Easter Bunny. My ten-year-old is a jumble of personalities. He can be so incredibly sweet – making sure to grab that… Read more »