When Trayvon Martin was killed in Florida in 2012, Joanna Colwell’s daughter was 11 years old. Just old enough, Colwell recalled, to walk by herself to the store in East Middlebury for a Snapple. “It was not in my consciousness that she could be the victim of violence,” Colwell said. “And that is what it […]
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I was on vacation with my husband, Bryan, and 5-year-old son, Emmett, camping in Florida when the pandemic rapidly unfolded. We managed to ride out the rest of our trip, easily social distancing in the Ocala National Forest in a very low-use, primitive campground. As it got closer to the return trip home we knew
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Grow your own seedlings in these easy-to-make, biodegradable paper pots! Materials: Stack of old newspapers Scissors One 6-ounce can tomato paste (or other small can) Instructions Grab two pages of newspapers (so you have a four-sheet stack). Cut them into thirds lengthwise, giving you three long strips. On the end closest to you, lay the
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The Mount Abraham Union School District has been interviewing its students, teachers and administrators during the pandemic shutdown, asking them to reflect on the sudden changes in their working/learning lives. Nancy Cornell, the editor and publisher of Vermont Learning, a free weekly online newspaper for educators, compiled the interviews into a comprehensive look at how folks
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Every year a group of early literacy advocates called Addison County Readers sets up tables at local events to spread the word about Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, the program they sponsor that sends books in the mail to kids ages birth to 5 — for free. This year, because of the pandemic, the local group
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A dispatch from Alex McGuire, mother of six. MiniBury: Describe how you’re feeling today. Alex: Relieved (the kids are done with their schoolwork!) MiniBury: What is your kids’ relationship with screens these days? Alex: So much schoolwork is now done on a screen. Prior to the pandemic, our kids were allowed screen time only rarely.
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It doesn’t take much to turn an outline of your hand into a lovely paper bouquet. Materials Needed Green or light-green colored paper Various colored papers — magazines or construction paper Cotton-tipped swabs Food coloring, water-color paint set, or bingo dot-markers Glue or glue stick Markers, pens or crayons Scissors Paper towels Plastic container lids
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A dispatch from Abby Adams, mom to a 7-year-old daughter; librarian at Platt Memorial Library in Shoreham. MiniBury: In one word, describe how you’re feeling today. Abby: Settled MiniBury: When are you doing the bulk of your work? Abby: 1/2 at home, 1/2 in a closed, darkened library building MiniBury: What is your kid’s relationship
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MiniBury: How will your daily operations change? Linda January: [Before the pandemic] we usually had 45 kids a day in four different classrooms. When we reopen we’ll have three classrooms and a max of 26 children a day. Our capacity is going way down. And that is in order to maintain small groups and feel
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