Dedicated to Developing the Whole Child
Writing cards and creating banners is a lovely Chinese New Year tradition. Gold paint, Chinese symbols stencils, red construction paper and a paint brush. Gold is a special color. Plus it is a lot of fun. I taped the stencil down onto the paper to limit the “sliding” of the card as we painted the [Read On]
Worldwide Culture Swap – I discovered this amazing group of people online who organize, coordinate and connect hundreds of families in swapping packages from their respective areas of the world. Worldwide Culture Swap facilitates USA swaps and World swaps. For example, I traded a WA State package with families from Italy, South Carolina, Canada and [Read On]
Here is a sample of one morning this week (J is 3.25 and Y is 1.75 years old): We started the morning pre-breakfast with Whale coloring and connecting the dots pages. Opening Song: Round and Round by Deborah Stewart This song is lovely and great to get my boys’ bodies moving but also gets their [Read On]
I am always looking for great ways to integrate culture into our home and our learning. This past weekend is a good example. Based on the Chinese Calendar, Sunday, September 30th was the Moon Festival. I love the idea of a Harvest Festival, generally. What a wonderful way to celebrate the Earth! I am kicking [Read On]
I am knee deep in reading a book called The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori. Here is a section that I read last night: “Is the child’s mental horizon limited to what he sees? No. He has a type of mind that goes beyond the concrete. He has the great power of imagination…We often forget [Read On]
My sons take mandarin as a second language. I am always looking for ways to integrate the learning from their one hour session per week into our home. This integration can obviously be challenging given that I am certified all American girl from Maine. In short, I am learning right along side my babies, which [Read On]
