by Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. ParentingScience.com Years ago, it would have been science fiction. You get diabetes because your grandfather didn’t get enough to eat as a child? You suffer from clinical anxiety because your father was a stressed-out teenager? But thanks to the study of epigenetics, these scenarios have become …
The AERO conference Keynotes are being broadcast on USTREAM. It all started with is Naomi Aldort on Thursday night. Tonight (Friday) will be Sir Ken Robinson’s talk titled “Transforming Education” at 6:30pm PDT. Saturday night, the keynote by Jerry Mintz & Occupy Portland will be livestreamed at about 7:15pm PDT …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 25 May 2012 Week 33: Highlights & Information Happy Memorial Day! We hope you had a safe and restful weekend.This week was all about… Reading Library Time: Park day we read and explored Butterflies Are Patient and All About Living Thing. Back …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 18 May 2012 Week 32: Highlights & Information Hellllllooooo Families!While you review our week, please keep our school tenets in mind: CONSTRUCTIVISM(expanding existing knowledge) WHOLE CHILD (emotional/cognitive/social/physical) BRAIN FUNCTION & DEVELOPMENT (readiness and willingness) CAPACITY BUILDING (critical thinking, skills for the global …
We are going to the AERO Conference, August 1-5, Portland, Oregon! Please read on for BE THE CATALYST presented by Michelle Goldbach-Johnson our Teacher. Support Michelle’s presentation, costs of travel, accommodations and materials. Please donate! Be the Revolution – presented by Michelle Goldbach-Johnson of TKG Finding the catalyst for the …
TKG Parenting Workshop: CONSUMING KIDS, THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF CHILDHOOD Tuesday, May 1, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PT) Our Classroom in Redondo Beach, CA MELODY ELDER M.A. Ed. of Awakened Heart Parenting, will facilitate our conversation on the role of commercialism in the lives and well-being of …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 18 March 2012 Week 25: Kitty Kitten Gardeners on the move Dear Families,I’ve recently started reading To Kill a Mockingbird as my non-teaching related book. However, I’m finding myself thinking Scout would love The Knowing Garden. She spends her afternoons climbing trees, …
Youth Radio — Youth Media International Last month, the California State Senate approved a bill to develop a Creativity and Innovation Education Index, designed to measure how schools are fostering creativity among their students. California is just one of several states to implement a law like this, Massachusetts being the …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… Super Bowl Sunday 2012 Week 19: The World of Bears Dear Parent,I was in a pickle this week but “the force” was with me. We had just read a book about Pickle the curiouscat who…wait for it… always gets in pickles. Immediately …
