The MAZE CRAZE!

The kids love the mazes that I create. I write words on paper and trail them throughout the house. They read as they go. I write math equations on paper and trail them also. Sometimes they lead outside and are even woven throughout the trees and plants.

Then there are the treasure hunts that Sierra learned to read with. Note after note as she wandered throughout the house or the backyard, hunting for little scrap pieces of paper that she eagerly unfolded in anticipation of the next clue.

At the end of it all, was, yes, a little something fun. Not necessarily a PRIZE per say, (as I'm not into rewards - Alfie Kohn says it best!) but a little something to help celebrate their victory. Sometimes it was chocolate and sometimes it was a note from me, expressing a fondness for them or an invitation to another fun adventure and sometimes it was nothing but the victory itself - an inner sense of satisfaction that only they can give themselves.