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Spread the sparkles! Navigating life's storms with MOM (Monarch of Magic)Napping
When I taught preschool, naptime was an essential part of our daily rhythm. After lunch, the children would pull out their mats and get their stuffiess and snuggle in for
Top Ten Ways to Motivate Children to Achieve Academically
This article called the “Effort Effect” by Stanford Alumnus Marina Krakovsky really resonated with me and my work with children. I studied Learned Helplessness at Harvard as a response to
An Excellent Fusion of Science and Art
Music is an excellent and effective way to teach any subject and to learn any subject. Check out this brilliant piece by 23-year old Physics student, Timothy Blais. He sings
How Schools Kill Creativity by Ken Robinson
My all-time favorite TED talk– a classic. You may have already seen it (it has nearly 18 million hits!) but if not, it’s worth watching. Ken Robinson is a funny
The Letting Go…
This article by Michael Gerson was so beautifully written it made me cry! He writes about the heartbreak of dropping his child off at college. I have felt this heartbreak
Cultivating Compassion while Keeping the Spunk
This blog post is a combination of one I wrote in 2007 and I finished in 2013. It’s kind of awesome to have 6 years between starting and finishing… My
Mystery: The Case of the Chocolate Footprints
Today there was a mystery in my house, and we love a good mystery around here. If we can’t find one, we create one. For example: The Case of the
Excellent reasons to Swim in the Sea…As if we needed more…
We love taking the kids to swim in the ocean. We knew it was the best “school” for their early years, where everything they learn is through their senses. What
Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
I loved this article: Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught? I’m always fascinated by methods of teaching children empathy, kindness, and emotional intelligence. I have loved experimenting with how to teach
A Toddler’s Fashion Crisis
Ahh, getting dressed. That age-old ritual. I wonder how it was in caveman times: “Honey? Do you want to wear the fig leaf or the buffalo skin loin cloth today?”
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