The Finding Place Blog

Any place, indoor or outdoor, can be a classroom or a learning space. Learning is always happening every day, with the right opportunities, contextual learning can occur anywhere. Here are some helpful tips for traveling and learning on the go with little hassle and small amounts of "stuff". Photo taken at Wildwood Crest, NJ in August, 2021. Taking kites to the beach is fun, beautiful, offers loads of learning opportunities, and most kites barely take up any space in your bag

As the school year finally closes for the summer, we can take time to reset, find our rhythms, and breathe in the sweet moments of childhood. When I stop to think about it, summer time and childhood are like caterpillars and butterflies. One minute they are here: warm, hungry, growing, the next minute the cool beat of the butterfly's wings float away with the summer breezes, faces look older, children have grown, toothless grins are weathered. We are in awe of the beauty of