by Kayla Norris | Dec 18, 2021 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus, The Creative Heart
Some days I don’t even put out the paint. The kids in my classroom range from the stick-everything-in-their-mouth stage, to full conversations about dinosaur underwear (in other words, 1.5-3ish years old). But whatever stage they’re in, paint always makes a...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 1, 2020 | Family, Grief, Kids & Teaching
The shrieking starts. “See you later, darling, love you!” I’m prying a two-year-old off her mother, and she clambers over my shoulder, reaching a desperate little hand towards the door. The parent, apologetic and yet still focused on getting out said door, knows her...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 16, 2018 | High School, Kids & Teaching, Missions Trips, University
“What are you going to do after high school?” At fifteen years old, I expected people would only ask me about my life’s purpose when I graduated. Nope. I had two whole years of high school to go, but teachers—and strangers—started asking me “What’s next?” as if it was...
by Kayla Norris | May 26, 2018 | Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, University
“We can’t have unqualified teachers in the classroom—what’s the point of all the work we’re doing?” My college classmates had a point. New Zealand was shifting laws on charter schools, and one debate was whether or not teachers should be qualified. I’d gone...
by Kayla Norris | Nov 12, 2016 | Kids & Teaching, Missionary Kids, Missions Trips
I have some catching up to do. At the beginning of the year I set a goal to read 16 books and blog about each. The general idea was 16 new books, but I failed at that as soon as I picked up an Anne of Green Gables book. And when I found The Help in a Fijian secondhand...
by Kayla Norris | May 6, 2015 | Kids & Teaching, Loving Jesus, Missionary Kids
“And why, pray, should I go for a useless walk now– or any time, for that matter?” he demanded sharply. David had shrunk back unconsciously, though he had still smiled. “Oh, but it wouldn’t be a useless walk, sir. Father said nothing was...
