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June 15, 2020
Out of the darkness. These clouds have silver linings

COVID’s Silver Lining

As I look back over the past 3 months of COVID-19 lockdown, I realize something remarkable. It’s not been all bad. There is a silver lining to this turbulent time. One that brings me face-to-face with my own privilege.
June 1, 2020

The Basics of Crisis Schooling

This isn’t homeschooling, it’s crisis schooling. Do what you can. Your kids will be all right.
April 29, 2020

Favourite Pages, Favourite Books

One of the greatest discoveries I ever made as a reader is that if I’m not enjoying a book, I don’t have to finish it. The same is true for your kids. Here’s how having favourites can help them become lifelong readers.
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October 18, 2016

Kasuku is Tired

By having the device ‘cut off’ an activity at the right time, kids stayed engaged with learning longer. When they were done learning, they simply put the device down, without complaints or tantrums, and come back the next day ready and excited to learn some more. We call this feature “Kasuku is Tired.”
October 16, 2016

Mercy and Caring

I don’t know what I was expecting a children’s home to be like, but I was in no way prepared for the amazing project that Mama Nancy and Mze Edwin built at at Mercy and Caring Childrens Home in Kitale, Kenya.
October 15, 2016

Making it Fly

I’ve been thrown into a lot of unexpected speaking situations, but standing up and facing 40 Swahili-speaking children in East Africa, challenged with the task of explaining why we were there—this was not a topic or setting that I had any experience in.