In October 2012, we celebrated my father’s 90th birthday where among the festivities, I had the chance to reconnect with life-long friends including a wonderful couple from my parents’ generation – Mr and Mrs. L. They have spent their lives amongst children – their own 5 girls (including one adopted at […]
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For a couple of hours every week, I have the wonderful opportunity of working with grade 1 and 2 students, helping them with their literacy and numeracy skills. It is a treasured experience to witness their excitement as their world starts to open up with every new word and concept […]
As educators, most of us have been ‘going to school’ since the age of 4 or 5 and September is probably more representative of New Year’s than January, including the opening day festivities, the fresh-start attitude, and of course, New Year’s resolutions. One late summer, I had the opportunity to […]