The Fine Art of Balance
Proprioception: from Latin proprius , meaning “one’s own”, “individual” and perception, is the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body and strength of effort being…
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Being Enough
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” — Maya Angelou For as wonderful as the holiday season is, it does not come without its challenges for me (and many others).…
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They Keep Getting Older!
Disclaimer–this isn’t my daughter. But isn’t she delightful? My youngest daughter turned 6 just before Halloween. With a new job, Halloween costumes and laundry to do, I did something I’ve…
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Those who have read this blog regularly know that I often talk about mindful parenting ( here , here , here , and here , for instance), and how Kindermusik, with its focus on whole child…
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“We have a choice. We can spend our whole life suffering because we can’t relax with how things really are, or we can relax and embrace the open-endedness of the human situation, which is…
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In my teaching job as a Spanish teacher, I teach all 9 grades at my school (K-8). I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m a secondary educator by formal education training, and so I am relying…
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In my daughter’s Kindermusik for the Young Child class this week, Ms. Carol asked the kids to pick up rhythm sticks and scarves, each in turn. This step required the kids to stop one…
Read ArticleBalance and Patience
“The only reason we don’t open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don’t feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we…
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As I mentioned in my last post , my youngest child began Kindergarten this week. She is in a part-time program, and attends in the afternoons. I teach Spanish two days a week, leaving me 3…
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