I assume that’s when she took classes in France, but I’m not sure. A side note: when she died and we were cleaning out her house, we found a mint green satin cape from Paris in the attic. What I would give to have that today. I also found a drawer full of glass eyes. I ...
And we can use that word with teachers and with other adults to help us help kid navigate the world–we can prepare kid for transitions into places with those lights and sounds; we can teach techniques like putting your hands over your ears or using headphones. Their answer was: yes, shar...
at least looking through what’s been scanned onto my hard drive. Thought I’d share this photo, which reminds me of big family gatherings, even though it was taken long before my time. My grandmother is at the centre with my motherin front. Adults standing left to right: Pauline Gordon...
This year M found himself once more in the cycle of food tech classes and all I could hope was that his Year 9 experience would be as good as his Year 7 one. As luck would have it, his teacher this year was keen to make sure that M could learn how to cook safe food for ...
Her reaction to that foolishness would have been to give me […] Continue Reading Flour Power What? No Kindergarten? September 24, 2019 by Kathy Wicker 4 comments And My First Pumpkin Roll I entered first grade in the late ’50s without any kindergarten classes, early intervention or ...
If you think about how most people bake with wheat, you’ll realize that they usually use two different kinds of flour: an all purpose flour for cakes, pies, muffins, and other pastries, and a bread flour for baking bread. I decided very early on that I
The class is to learn about picking colors for Fair Isle and to make a small knitted bag as a good way to swatch with our color choices. The first of this two-part classes was lots of talking about the traditional Shetland color pallets and how to choose colors for the background and ...