smurphyreading

This summer, the trunk of our tree splits into two new branches: Leafscript: Draw. Spell. Read.™ and Dungeons & Dragons + Literacy, or: Scribe & Sword™. Both are child-led and inspired by nature. Both aim to get kids off phones and connecting with others. Both offerings are inspired by our lives’ work. Leafscript is my ‘baby’ and the way that I’ve introduced reading to hundreds of young children and their parents. The approach blends tenets of both balanced literacy and structured...

The deeper we dive into the artificial world around us, the further Scott and I feel compelled to move in the opposite direction. We find ourselves , and our offerings, going deeper into the forest. Into imagination. Into nature and sunshine and tree-hugging and insect-watching and butterfly parenting. What we offer at On Track is a balm to the speed of the outside world. A place for kids and parents to slow down, sit under a tree, breathe in the fresh air, feel their shoulders drop, and the...