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Rachel Turiel

About Rachel Turiel

Rachel Turiel is a freelance writer, managing editor of Edible Southwest Colorado Magazine, frequent contributor to NPR Earth Notes, and longtime parenting columnist for her local paper. She grows food and a family at 6512 feet, and writes about it at 6512 and growing.

Learning from the natural world this summer

Learning from the natural world this summer

July 10, 2015 //  by Rachel Turiel//  10 Comments

Written by Rachel Turiel of 6512 and Growing “I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt In the summer we take our school outside. We jump into this fleeting season where every …

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Category: family time

Play is a child’s work

August 13, 2014 //  by Rachel Turiel//  11 Comments

The following is a guest post by Rachel Turiel of 6512 and growing. Factoids abound on the benefits of play. Entire books have been written on the subject. Play develops children’s fine and gross motor skills, communication, collaboration, imagination, problem-solving and ability to …

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Category: a mom's education

What I would tell myself about homeschooling …

June 4, 2014 //  by Rachel Turiel//  20 Comments

The following is a guest post by Rachel Turiel of 6512 and Growing. I’ve been homeschooling two children for three years, which is to say, not much time at all. I’m holding space for a lot to come clear, shake down, shake out, and be revealed in the years to come. And yet, with each passing …

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