Little m Long a » Kids and School http://edlamaze.com Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:04:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Zero http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/23/zero.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/23/zero.aspx#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 01:57:38 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=3180 http://edlamaze.com/2011/10/23/zero.aspx/feed 0 You Want Fries with That http://edlamaze.com/2011/08/15/you-want-fries-with-that.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/08/15/you-want-fries-with-that.aspx#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:37:33 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2988 http://edlamaze.com/2011/08/15/you-want-fries-with-that.aspx/feed 0 A Snow Day and Field Research — Getting Serious with a Month of Projects http://edlamaze.com/2011/02/25/a-snow-day-and-field-research-getting-serious-with-a-month-of-projects.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2011/02/25/a-snow-day-and-field-research-getting-serious-with-a-month-of-projects.aspx#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:47:42 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2717 http://edlamaze.com/2011/02/25/a-snow-day-and-field-research-getting-serious-with-a-month-of-projects.aspx/feed 2 I’m Going to Need Some Trophy Polish http://edlamaze.com/2010/09/09/im-going-to-need-some-trophy-polish.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/09/09/im-going-to-need-some-trophy-polish.aspx#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:05:47 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2559 http://edlamaze.com/2010/09/09/im-going-to-need-some-trophy-polish.aspx/feed 16 The Spoken Word http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/02/the-spoken-word.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/02/the-spoken-word.aspx#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:25:37 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=2475 http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/02/the-spoken-word.aspx/feed 2 I Haven’t Repaid Society, But Karma is Happier http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/25/i-havent-repaid-society-but-karma-is-happier.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/25/i-havent-repaid-society-but-karma-is-happier.aspx#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:37:04 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=1717 http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/25/i-havent-repaid-society-but-karma-is-happier.aspx/feed 8 I Don’t Remember Discussing That http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/14/i-dont-remember-discussing-that.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/14/i-dont-remember-discussing-that.aspx#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:07:41 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=1279 http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/14/i-dont-remember-discussing-that.aspx/feed 2 4 + 4 = http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/06/4-4.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/06/4-4.aspx#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:04:18 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/?p=1097 http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/06/4-4.aspx/feed 6 And Then There Were Two http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/03/and-then-there-were-two.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/03/and-then-there-were-two.aspx#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:48:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/and-then-there-were-two/ I read somewhere that being a parent is a lifelong process of learning to let go, truths of the statement ringing evident repeatedly just this past week.   We have said goodbye to summer and our beloved pool.  Zoë and Zane started school.  Just yesterday, we said goodbye to a little stuffed bunny.

Today, Zia started Pre-K.  She was been asking for weeks when school started and it nearly pushed her over the edge to send her big brother and sister off to school last week without her.  She was ready--whether I am or not.

 ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/03/and-then-there-were-two.aspx/feed 5 Dear Mrs. Teacher Lady http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/25/dear-mrs-teacher-lady.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/25/dear-mrs-teacher-lady.aspx#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:38:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/dear-mrs-teacher-lady/ Today, Monday August 25 is the first day of school. I have two children in elementary school this year. Zoë will be starting Second Grade and Zane will be starting the First Grade. After Labor Day, Zia will begin Pre-K attending three days a week Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the mornings. For me, this is big. Real big.



I offer my kids to strangers, trusting that they will do the right thing. That they will care for my children as I do. I'm sending them to school. I should feel a sense of relief and relish the freedom gained if only a few hours worth. It's not that easy.




As we transition some of the daily care of our children to members of our community—namely the educators we have entrusted to supplement and augment the fundamentals we have been teaching at home, concerns manifest. I worry. I fret. I pray that my children will be safe and that their love of learning and their love of life will continue to be nurtured.




I'm sending their teachers a little note.....






Dear Mrs. Teacher Lady,




Good morning and welcome to our school. (I know, that's something you should probably be saying to me but really, with what I'm paying you guys in tuition, I kind of feel I have the right to call it MY school.) I trust that you had a wonderfully relaxing and enjoyable summer vacation. I know my kids certainly did.




We both knew this day would arrive, though I've got to be quite honest, I wasn't expecting it quite so soon. It seems we had just gotten into a really good summertime groove. That's OK. We had fun ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2008/08/25/dear-mrs-teacher-lady.aspx/feed 13 Zoë has a free spirit….. http://edlamaze.com/2007/11/13/zoe-has-a-free-spirit.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2007/11/13/zoe-has-a-free-spirit.aspx#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:05:00 +0000 Ed http://edlamaze.com/2007/11/zoe-has-a-free-spirit/  Zoë has a free spirit.  Not my words.  OK.  I have used these exact words and the exact phrase to describe my daughter to someone who is meeting her for the first time, someone who might not be prepared for the Zoë Experience.  I’ve used the phrase as a precautionary preamble in baby sitters’ instructions, as forward to an apology, in defense of disruptive public behavior and more often than any other, as a reminder to myself that my firstborn is truly a special gift sent by God to teach me ... ]]> http://edlamaze.com/2007/11/13/zoe-has-a-free-spirit.aspx/feed 6 Six days….. http://edlamaze.com/2007/05/23/six-days-2.aspx http://edlamaze.com/2007/05/23/six-days-2.aspx#comments Wed, 23 May 2007 20:41:00 +0000 Ed http://aa4ead02-f3ab-474e-ad0a-1610104d93eb http://edlamaze.com/2007/05/23/six-days-2.aspx/feed 0