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Guest post: Going to the Fairy Garden by Sarah P.

Redwood Park Surrey fairy garden

Blueberry Fig Showcase: A new series of guest posts by Blueberry Fig students, clients, and members of our community. Enjoy this wonderful inaugural post by Sarah P!

It just smelled like a normal forest with normal trees and branches with nothing very surprising. When we arrived at Redwood Park we parked in the rocky parking lot, the air smelled fresh. We were heading to a park in the forest and there were so many people. We were heading to the park because some of our friends were there. After a little play, we headed off into the forest to see the fairy garden.

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Joyful lesson planning

Want a lesson plan that gets you through the week, covers all subjects, works for a range of ages and grades, and involves shrieking dinosaur babies living in a public park? Here’s a guide to creating a lesson plan that will give you freedom as a teacher and give your student a sense of purpose and meaning. A lofty goal, but now you’re intrigued…

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The lexicon of learning: ABCD

I’m doing an Instagram series of colouring pages from Renee Chin’s The ABC Coloring Book. I worked on these for over two years, so it was especially satisfying to get to the end of the alphabet. Each post is around a theme or concept – a meditation on details.

  • “A” is for “ambivalence” and “alacrity”
  • “B” is for Borodin (Alexander Borodin, a 19th Century Russian composer)
  • “C” is for “cartography”
  • “D” is for “dessert” and “desert” and “deserve”
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