Education-Family

Education-Family

My Teaching Journey and How it Can Inspire You

I enjoyed my first year of formal homeschooling when my oldest child was in kindergarten. I even managed with two younger kids in tow. As a public school-trained, certified PK-12 teacher and someone supremely organized and even creative, my…

Rebecca LocklearMay 1, 2023

Education-Family

New Year Courage

During a New Year sermon, the pastor asked ushers to pass baskets of stars. Each star had a word on it that was to be our focus for the year. I was singing alto in the chancel choir, which…

Rebecca LocklearJanuary 1, 2023

Education-Family

The Magnificent Seven and the Elf

In the blog post titled Motivating Students, I mentioned a group of second graders that came into my reading room on the first day of school. All of these boys were known to be difficult. As they shoved their way…

Rebecca LocklearDecember 10, 2021

Education-Family

Teachers and Required Fingerprinting

An incident while working at an international school One day, I was sent an email from my international school administration that informed me that the next day I was required to travel an hour to the police station…

Rebecca LocklearAugust 12, 2021

Education-Family

DANGER -Accidents -SURVIVAL

My mind keeps returning to those in Texas who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a effort to get warm this past February. Relatives hold the electric company, city, and police responsible – and I agree there should be…

Rebecca LocklearMay 3, 2021

Education-Family

Musings on a Fishing Club

These days, when getting on a plane, I greet the people squished up next to me, but then get out a book and read. I can talk nonstop so this is really a test for me. That said, one time…

Rebecca LocklearOctober 9, 2020

Education-Family

Wilderness Camping with Teens during COVID19

This essay is HUGELY interesting! A friend of mine works for an outdoor education organization that arranges wilderness backpacking adventures for students. I asked if he would write about his experiences being a wilderness instructor in the era of COVID19.…

Rebecca LocklearAugust 25, 2020

Education-Family

Cancel School?

What do you think of Kenya and their solution to cancel K-12 school for the 2020-2021 school year? For the U.S. this is a hypothetical question since cancelling K-12 school will never happen. I suspect the main reason would be…

Rebecca LocklearAugust 18, 2020

Education-Family

Homeschooling and the Pie of Life

Right now, parents are making difficult school choices based on COVID-19. A number of moms contacted me to say they will keep their kids at home. The question they have is this: Should they stay connected with…

Rebecca LocklearJuly 21, 2020

Education-Family

Coronavirus and Daily Routines

I remember singing a choral piece with these words: Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Today, hearts are troubled and sad, and fear is real. On top of that, people are trying to…

Rebecca LocklearApril 2, 2020

Education-Family

Coronavirus Days, Life Skills

Corona Virus Days: Questions about educating at home and learning “life skills” (March 17, 2020) Some issues have come up with children being home. Question: One parent expressed concern that their child would lose out with less school, or even…

Rebecca LocklearMarch 18, 2020

Education-Family

Shining Teacher Moment

I was recently asked to talk about a “shining teacher moment.” Hmmm. Shining moments happen when students combine talent, focus, and a desire to perform well in order to produce amazing “history with music-drama-dance” productions. This is a shining moment:…

Rebecca LocklearOctober 13, 2019