Explore and Express

Well, tomorrow we head off to Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk and Moscow!  I probably won't be able to post anything for a while, but I'll be happ...

When I first started blogging exactly one year ago, I was a little worried that I might run out of things to blog about. Boy, was I wrong!  ...

Need a crown for your favorite elf?  This beautiful autumn leaf crown is the work of Birgit, a Waldorf-trained teacher at the Naturkinderga...

"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child." - Maria Montessori  

The grandparents came to visit from the States and we took a side trip to Warsaw, Poland. While Warsaw may not be at the top of everyone...

Making trips to the forest with kids, besides being loads of fun, is essential to their physical and spiritual development.  If you live in...

From 1993-96 I called the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude home. (And, yes, I was there voluntarily and happily!) Ulan-Ude is the capital of an aut...