“If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself?” ― Miguel Ruiz As we start 2013, Thank You. Thank you for your trust and commitment. Thank you for a great …
We’re going to the Symphony! TKG is taking a trip to Lemony Snicket’s The Composer Is Dead – a whodunit designed to help introduce orchestral instruments to children – it was a work for a narrator and orchestra before it was a recording or a book. One of our parents recently shared her …
“We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves.” ― Daniel J. Siegel Please read the “Tending the Garden” Section of this newsletter for information on the Parent Meeting/Holiday Celebration, thank you! Our first rainy day park day of the year was…super! Students with apprehensions about …
INNOVATIONS In early education: the international reggio exchange/ September 2001 THE PEDAGOGY OF LISTENING: The Listening Perspective from Reggio Emilia By Carlina Rinaldi Carlina Rinaldi is the Pedagogical Consultant for Reggio Children and was formerly the Pedagogical Director of the Reggio Emilia Municipal Early Childhood Centers. Car/ina is currently on …
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… 11 February 2012 Week 19: Bears Go Camping Happy Day! Park day was full of walking and exploring. We climbed our favorite trees, found “clues” like feathers, cones, “skunk poop”, a blue bean bag in a tree, and nut looking seed. Some …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… Sunday 22 January 2012 Week 17: Kitties Explore Temperature in Space Kitten role playing continues to play a big role in our day. Occasionally a kitty needs to go to the hospital and recover. This time it was due to pollution …
ECHO PARENTING Information on some upcoming classes held in the South Bay: COUPLE’S WORKSHOP January 24th & 31st, 2012 7:00pm—9:00pm Help children develop skills for successful loving relationships as we learn to develop them ourselves CHILD & ADULT ANGER MASTER CLASS SERIES WITH RUTH BEAGLEHOLE January 26, February 2 and …
7 STRATEGIES TO BETTER MODEL YOUR MESSAGE by Zoe Weil, IHE President To create a peaceful world, we must each make our lives mirrors of the world we want. As nineteenth-century social reformer and minister William Ellery Channing stated, “May your life preach more loudly than your lips.” Gandhi also …
