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Why I Keep Giving Paint to 15+ Toddlers

Why I Keep Giving Paint to 15+ Toddlers

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...
Why We’re All Experiencing a Little Bit of Separation Anxiety

Why We’re All Experiencing a Little Bit of Separation Anxiety

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...
How I Found My Purpose on a High School Missions Trip

How I Found My Purpose on a High School Missions Trip

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...

How Can You Have Unqualified Teachers in Your Classroom?

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...
#8 The Help by Kathryn Stockett // #16books2016

#8 The Help by Kathryn Stockett // #16books2016

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...

Kids Have Hearts, Too

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...
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