Featured photograph by John Mackenzie. In May 1655, on an otherwise unremarkable day, Thomas Browne—physician and antiquarian—received a visitor. The visitor’s name is lost to history, but they brought with them between forty and fifty clay urns, now also lost, recently discovered buried in a field at Walsingham. Their provenance was a mystery, and Browne was known throughout Norfolk as an authority on things unusual and strange. The urns contained a mix of ash and bone, and Browne immediately broke off what he was writing (a study of repeating patterns in nature) to investigate. His first thought was not for the urns themselves, but for the last people to see and handle them so long ago. “When the Funerall pyre...
It seems like we're forever stuck in the throes of winter here in the northeast, then boom, everything blooms. Those newborn baby leaves unfurling, and the tulips and the pear blossoms...we waited and waited and it was worth it.We went to Target the other day...Sonja leaning on the cart with Achilles (in his baby sister Rhys' blanket), me, Camille, and Kathryn on the right...with Rhys in the cart...I bought Achilles a new garbage truck...he is obsessed with garbage trucks...Aldi hanging flowers, $7.99!The pear tree...Yesterday our Sonja Kathleen turned 20. We celebrated very low key, with homemade chicken pot pie, and these are Camille's cake pops. They're hard to make! You bake a cake, crumble it up and mix it with...
Are you prepared for teaching ESY or are you frantically trying to come up with a game plan so that you can squeeze in some pool time first this summer?! If you are new to special education, you might even be wondering what ESY is and why we are talking about it. Let’s discuss what ESY stands for, how long it is and 4 tips you NEED to know before teaching ESY. What is ESY? In education, ESY is an acronym for extended school year. This is always part of an IEP of a student with a disability. The IEP team decides if it is necessary for a student to attend extra school during the summer (hence-extending the school year)....
Check out tips, tricks and advice for first year special ed teachers so you don’t get overwhelmed! Are you a brand new special education teacher? Keep reading! Being a brand new special education teacher is overwhelming, to say the least. Back when I began teaching-I wish there would have been more advice and resources available for my special ed classroom. This is why it is my passion to make your first year in special education as successful as it can be! Check out the tips, tricks and advice below for first year special education teachers! Survival Guide for the First Year Special Education Teacher How do you survive your first year teaching special education? This is a pretty loaded question,...
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