Subcategories of Learning Through Experience
Ageless Music
The skin-draped bones touch the corners of his mouth Lids softly shut, eyelashes pale wisps We chatted with his son Like parents do. A ... read more
Get Outside! (South Florida Nature Resources)
This month, Sunflower celebrates Earth Day all month long, with a series of nature-related events. You may not realize how many natural read more
Top Five Realizations about being a stay-at-home dad
posted by Andy Hatcher As my wife, Van, wraps up the first semester of her Ph.D. program here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ... read more
Gardening for good with Sunflower Roots & Shoots
Last Saturday I woke up bright and early to visit Sunflower’s Roots & Shoots Re-Cycos group at the Boca Raton Community ... read more
I Want to Play Too!
One day while I’m out running I stop at the park in my neighborhood. I look around to make sure nobody is watching, and then I jump on ... read more
Reading on their own timetable
Both of my children, now young adults, went to Seedlings. I loved the fact that there was no academic curriculum, that they spent all ... read more
Where are all the kids?
Sunflower blogger Jaime won 1st place in KaBOOM!’s recent guest blogging contest. Check it out below and on KaBOOM!’s Play Today blog. ... read more
Positive Spaces
From the green middle of the park I follow the sidewalk all the way around with my eyes, like tracing a line. It occurs to me this is ... read more
Low-tech resolutions
The final installment in our series about technology and its potential to both enhance and complicate our lives. Read what Susan and ... read more
Bring that beat back to me again…
I recently got back from an amazing vacation, visiting a wonderful, playful, up-for-anything friend and seeing my most favorite band in read more
It’s All About the Process: process-oriented art
It’s All About the Process: At Sunflower, as in life, some of the deepest lessons are learned by doing. This series explores the ... read more
Walking to School with Suzie
We only live about a mile from my six-year-old daughter’s school. So one bright morning, although it’s not our usual routine, we decide read more
Falling Down
Cindy Thagard is mom to current Seedlings Corwin (4) and Seraya (3), and future Seedling Vallen (16 months). While at a hotel pool with read more
Give them time (a story of watercolors and preschooler theoretical physics)
I was walking through the room headed off to do something important somewhere else, with no intention of stopping or even lingering to ... read more
Finding Your Voice
If I could distill the essence of Sunflower down to one phrase, it would be this one from our mission statement: “We empower children ... read more
Make it Safer. Add Risk.
We’re working hard to shift the conversation regarding child safety to include risk as a conduit for learning, rather than a ... read more
Lullabies in the Garden
For 20 years my dear families have been asking that I record a tape (back in the day) or CD of music they could keep at home. After all read more
Their Right to Play
I have always felt the need to fiercely protect childhood and play. Why? Kids at play epitomize exactly what we as adults all strive ... read more
Remembering Play at the US Play Coalition Conference
At Sunflower we believe the world would be a healthier, happier place if we all played more– even adults! Here's how Susan remembered ... read more
Do you have a hybrid mind?
“What would our lives be like if our days and nights were as immersed in nature as they are in technology? How can each of us help ... read more