It was a short CRA week…. because…. drumroll please……. C O V I D V A C C I N A T I O N D A Y !!!!!! View fullsize E got his first vaccine dose on 11/11/21. What a perfect day for a Dose …

This week was one with a few challenges. We needed a lot of time outdoors in nature - both E and myself - to find regulation. All great teachers sometimes need to just have a break, and I was feeling quite overwhelmed. Monday was filled with …

We are starting to see the light at the end of the very long COVID lockdown tunnel. This week, the Pfizer vaccine was approved by the FDA review committee for children aged 5-11. In a few weeks, it seems E will have an opportunity to get …

The last full week before our beach trip called for some executive function skills practice. One of our main goals this week was addressing the challenge: “Can everything we need to pack fit in the car!?” E spent time making lists of the things he depends …

This year, on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I decided it was time to talk to E about the events that day. He seemed ready. We discussed the attacks, the thousands of lives lost, the impact to our country, the war that began as a result, …

We were excited this week to experience remnants of a hurricane in our area because it brought with it some strong winds. This is one of those days that we threw the conceptual plan for CRA out and instead dove deeply into a study of weather, …

This week we began Zoid Math with online sessions once a week. Zoid takes a different approach to math by focusing on complex topics to build engagement in an exploratory, hands on, manner. I expected the math would be at a comfortable level that allowed E …

While we use the mornings to actively pursue knowledge in core subjects, we believe in supporting students as they pursue their deep interests. We also believe in opportunities for social engagement with intellectual peers which is challenging due to unique deep interests, asynchronous development, geographic location, …

This year, in person at CRA, we have E starting 3rd grade. His passions are technology, science (especially astrophysics), reading complex content to uncover answers to his deepest questions, and spending time innovating with an eager partner. To kickoff the start of CRA, we began with …