photo by Cátia Maciel
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Investing in foundations
photo by Cátia Maciel
Friday, June 1, 2018
Life is a gamble
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photo by Ester Siroky
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Thursday, May 31, 2018
Whirl and twirl
We have made good use of making patterns in the slots of a revolving rack of poker chips, and then with poker chips out on the table. I have set out photocopied pictures and cheap water colors, lots of brushes, and had side-by-side painting by the hour. Whichever kids or visitors wander by will be drawn in and as they play or paint they talk and share and think. |
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scanner art by Sandra Dodd
Something looks like this:
flag,
instrument,
puzzle,
stuff
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Think well of them
"Think well of them, all the time. Be grateful." —Schuyler Waynforth about partners, but it works for kids |
photo by Cátia Maciel
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
News or nostalgia
Today, something different. It's an invitation to smile, and probably to laugh. I'm sharing my secret stash of favorite cheer-up videos, collected for the days I need them. Dancing babies, mysterious Japanese philosophy, auto-tuned glory, Yoda, and the words of "a desert hobo" might make you think thoughts that remind you of the first time you thought them, or might make you wish this wasn't the first time you had sung along.
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Please take some time to share smiles and create memories with a loved one.
Please take some time to share smiles and create memories with a loved one.
Monday, May 28, 2018
Loving presence
Each child, in the moment, doing something interesting in the presence of a loving parent... that works the same for anyone. |
Marta Venturini saved this and quoted me in 2012.
photo by Ester Siroky
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Find ideas you like
Find ideas you like, but remember that all parenting happens at your house, not online, not in groups, but within the parent. Your relationship with your child doesn't need to be approved by strangers. It needs to be the best you can do with your child, yourself, at your house. If you need ideas, the world is overflowing with good ones, and bad ones.
(Thanks to Robin Bentley, for quoting me on May 22, 2013.)
photo by Sandra Dodd
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