Category: “No Child Left Inside”

"No Child Left Inside" · Conversations with Kids · Education · Growing Up New Hampshire · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

For the Lady who Complained Our White Mountains are “Disgraceful,” We Beg to Differ…

hkrillLeave a comment

    Dear Mary Altz-Smith of Birmingham, AL, Recently, The Union Leader published your letter to the editor expressing your disappointment in the conditions of our White Mountain trails.   Respectfully, many of us who actually live here actually got quite a kick out of your complaints, including this incredible group of girls we have… Continue reading For the Lady who Complained Our White Mountains are “Disgraceful,” We Beg to Differ…

"No Child Left Inside" · Books · Conversations with Kids · Family life · Growing Up New Hampshire · Mom is Doing Her Best

For a Daughter, Age 6

hkrillLeave a comment

Dear Daughter: Today, we visited the pediatrician for your “well child visit.”  When she asked what kind of books you liked to read, I expected you to say Fancy Nancy or Junie B. Jones as that is what we are reading together. But no, you quietly responded, “Fiction,” as if being interviewed by The Yorker… Continue reading For a Daughter, Age 6

"No Child Left Inside" · Adaptive Adventure · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Family life · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

PUBLISHED on the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog: May 11, 2017

hkrillLeave a comment

Let’s face it; most parenting is adaptive as we learn to adjust to the little people who come into our lives. Just when we believe we have found an answer, they grow, change, evolve, and send us back to the drawing table. This month, Geoff made a bold mood. He decided, while I was taking… Continue reading PUBLISHED on the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Blog: May 11, 2017

"No Child Left Inside" · Adaptive Adventure · Family life · Growing Up New Hampshire · Local · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Next Steps for Lincoln Woodstock: Let’s Build the Riverfront Park!

hkrillLeave a comment

May 8 is an important date in the process of the Riverfront Park development, including many bits of awesomeness for young and old, local and tourist: an outdoor amphitheater, playground, dog park, canoe launch, and skate park.   Please consider joining us on May 8 at 5:30 at the Lincoln Town Hall as our voice is… Continue reading Next Steps for Lincoln Woodstock: Let’s Build the Riverfront Park!

"No Child Left Inside" · Conversations with Kids · Family life · Growing Up New Hampshire · Nature-Based Learning · True North

Thank you Earth for the Lessons You Teach Us Every Day, Not Just on Earth Day

hkrillLeave a comment

There is an old Native American proverb which reads: “We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” Chief Seattle stated long ago: “The Earth does not belong to us.  We belong to the Earth.” The poet Khalil Gibran writes: “And forget not that the earth delights to feel… Continue reading Thank you Earth for the Lessons You Teach Us Every Day, Not Just on Earth Day

"No Child Left Inside" · Adaptive Adventure · Adaptive Parenting (an adventure itself) · Family life · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Team Hiking: It’s Not About Reaching the Top; It’s What We Build Along the Way

hkrillLeave a comment

This is teamwork beneath blue bird skies in April.  Each person in this group is an integral part of what we’ve deemed the best kind of team hiking, the kind where at day’s end you feel like you’ve truly conquered a mountain, and you have.  You are exhausted and smelly and proud and maybe even… Continue reading Team Hiking: It’s Not About Reaching the Top; It’s What We Build Along the Way

"No Child Left Inside" · Family life · Growing Up New Hampshire · Nature-Based Learning

Wanted: Confidence for a Ninth Grader …or Maybe for All of Them

hkrillLeave a comment

Part of the magic of a delayed opening is letting one’s children play outside in the snow for two hours before school.  That is if your children are still young enough to realize that a delayed school opening means a longer night of sleeping.  Sure, the teachers probably cursed me for their soaking wet snow… Continue reading Wanted: Confidence for a Ninth Grader …or Maybe for All of Them

"No Child Left Inside" · Growing Up New Hampshire · Local · Nature-Based Learning · Through the Power of Sport

Circle of Life for Lin-Wood Kids at the Kanc (Title Credit to JJ Bujeaud)

hkrillLeave a comment

For most local children, the Kanc, a classic, magical rope tow, is where they learn to ski, learn to love to ski, and then, maybe, depending on the kid, learn to race, therein developing an incredible race program from the bottom up.  Kanc Carvers is one of those experiences kids remember forever, first as little… Continue reading Circle of Life for Lin-Wood Kids at the Kanc (Title Credit to JJ Bujeaud)

"No Child Left Inside" · Family life · Local

For Our Grumpy Neighbor Who Complained about Too Much “Going On” in Our Yard…

hkrill4 Comments

Dear Neighbor, It has come to our attention that you complained to our Association about our yard.  To our knowledge, we are living within the guidelines of the bylaws and keep a tidy place, most of the time;  but July 4th weekend is a different story.  We had a family style AFTERNOON barbecue, and there… Continue reading For Our Grumpy Neighbor Who Complained about Too Much “Going On” in Our Yard…