An Open Forum for Thought

Many of us have read the Maine CDC guidelines for re-opening schools, day care centers, and summer camps.  No one here is going to blame the CDC for trying to keep us safe and prevent the spread of disease.  Still, we’re all looking at this list and thinking the same thoughts.  How can we teach our children in a classroom with other children and not allow them to socialize?  How can we even pretend we’re educating them to take their place in society if they have not learned to work together with their fellow students?  How can we talk diversity but not let “groups” mingle?

I don’t have answers to any of these questions.  But it occurs to me that a very, very large component of education must now be self-motivated Experiential Education.  Children and parents must learn to fill in the gaps of experience that schools can no longer provide.

It is my hope that for the next few weeks or months to provide and solicit ideas on how to expand our education and our children’s education.  We want to seek out and explore experiences that we can enjoy within safe guidelines that will add some meat to the formal education being offered by schools both in the classroom and on line.

I hope you will join me.