Letting Go
I heard it said last week that parenthood is a continual journey of letting go, from the moment our children enter our lives. Next week my youngest daughter will enter Kindergarten. I…
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The Science Behind the Magic
It never fails. The more I learn about educational theory, the more amazed I am by the Kindermusik approach to early childhood education. As I’m getting ready to return to a school…
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Last night, while sitting at my nephew’s baseball game, the antics of my other nephew reminded me just how important it is to young children that we adults see them. We had a rousing game…
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Making the Most of Summer Camp, Part 4
Ahhh. . . summer. I’ve actually had some slow afternoons. It’s been lovely. Kindermusik summer camps have started, of course, and the kids are having so much fun . Today I’m back for my…
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Making the Most of Summer Camp, part 3
Oooh, summer is getting closer! I am equal parts thrilled that I don’t have to get up early to get anyone to school and terrified of the inevitable sibling spats that happen with the kids.…
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Making the Most of Summer Camp, Part 2
As promised , here is another installment of making the most of summer camp, along with a nifty pin-able image of a cute dog to help you bookmark the page. In My Garden: Plant a garden…
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Making the Most of Summer Camp, Part 1
Last May in the blog, I wrote a couple of blog posts (check them out here and here ) about some easy ways to expand our Kindermusik summer camps into some extended opportunities for…
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How We See Ourselves
Image by cohdra at morgueFile, used by permission I’ve been volunteering at my daughter’s preschool all morning, where I got to observe first-hand the value of “being a helper.” At every…
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Synchrony
syn·chro·ny : /siNGkrənē/ noun Simultaneous action, development, or occurrence. The state of operating or developing according to the same time scale as something else. “Some individuals…
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