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From the desk of Susie Fahrer
The Rainbow Seven Domains™
Director’s Welcome
Got Science?
One of the most exciting events of the year....The Rainbow Mountain Science Fair...is fast approaching on February 10. Is your child working on collecting their data yet? For some inspiration, here is...
Rainbow Repackages Gifted Education
Gifted is an uncomfortable term. It seems to imply that some children are born with more gifts than others, and therefore, are more important or more special. The Multiple Intelligence Theory used at...
Got Elk?
I just spent two days with teachers in the Great Smoky Mountains on an Elk Trek. It was stunning! I can't wait to take a group of Rainbow students to some of the same spots! We saw the head bull with his...
Our Storyteller
Oral storytelling is a rich tradition in the human race, and an important aspect of the curriculum at Rainbow Mountain. Reading stories from books is valuable, but when a someone tells a story orally...
Social Intelligence
Research within schools has shown that the time spent on social curriculum – on team building activities, class meetings, character studies, and the like, which promote social skills—is not time taken...
Roughhousing – a developmental necessity
Remember tumbling around on the floor with your dad or having a pillow fight with your cousins? Fun, right? Well, it's also developmentally essential, especially for boys. To read all the fascinating...
"It’s about Spirit"
There were over 20 people from Rainbow Mountain Children's School at the Sir Ken Robinson lecture last night, and we were all inspired -- actually, validated, is a better word for it. Validated to know...
Vision: The Future of Education
Are you passionate about education? Would you like to see the whole educational paradigm changed in America? Despite the seriousness of this topic, do you love to laugh? Then I highly recommend you...
IQ tests for Preschoolers???
The following link is a well-written blog that explains how we build self-esteem at Rainbow Mountain. Although the author doesn't refer to Positive Discipline or The Responsive Classroom (two of the...