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Bicycle Safety
When I was growing up, we rode bikes everywhere in our small town. My parents held onto the back of my bike until I could ride without falling, and then my siblings and I were free to explore the...
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Why Looking at Race Matters
I happened to read Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PH.D. last week, the same week that Brad Paisley’s song...
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Calling 911
What do the follow things have in common: Families eating, parents working on the house, kids playing, and scrubbing up at bath time? Tons of opportunities for fun and a small risk of an emergency...
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Ubuntu
An anthropologist proposed a game to children of an African Tribe. He put a basket of fruit near a tree and told the kids that the first one to reach the fruit would win them all. When he told them to...
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It’s Screen Free Week!
Guess what time it is? Time to turn off the TV, computer, and electronic games. Today is the first official day of Screen Free Week (April 29-May 5, 2013)! Not excited about this prospect? Here is...
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Pretend Play Benefits Brain Development
Executive function is a prominent and important term used in education circles today. It refers to a set of brain functions that leads to the types of skills teachers love to see in their students:...
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The Power of Observation
A friend recently asked me to elaborate upon about what I meant while discussing “the learning that occurs when we are not trying to teach” kids. This is the learning that children master simply by...
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How Exercise Optimizes the Learner and the Brain
John Ratey, an energetic doctor who is the author of the bestseller Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, talked to a group of 1000 educators from across the U.S. about the...
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Lessons From a Half-Blind Doll
I had a doll named Lisa when I was 7 years old. She had blond curls in her pigtailed hair and amazing blue eyes that opened and closed. I loved to move Lisa up and down, gently feeling her eyelashes...
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Screen-Free Week Follow-Up
A few weeks ago, I wrote about Screen-Free Week to encourage families to turn off the TVs, computers, iPads and other gadgets that can lead to sedentary children and lack of creative playtime. Since...
View ArticleGetting Rid of School Suspensions
I was happy to recently read that the LA school district is getting rid of school suspensions for minor infractions. Things like dress code violations, forgetting a pencil, or being less than polite....
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The Parenting with Presence Summit
If you’re a parent, or grandparent, teacher, “auntie” or “uncle,” you know the beauty and blessings that children bring into your life. You also know the challenges that come with raising a child....
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Picky Eaters and Hungry Kids
Picky eaters and hungry kids. These two phrases don’t seem like they should go together but they do. I will address both issues in today’s blog, hoping you’ll spread the word to other friends and...
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It’s Screen Free Week!
Guess what time it is? Time to turn off the TV, computer, and electronic games. Today is the first official day of Screen Free Week (April 29-May 5, 2013)! Not excited about this prospect? Here is...
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Pretend Play Benefits Brain Development
Executive function is a prominent and important term used in education circles today. It refers to a set of brain functions that leads to the types of skills teachers love to see in their students:...
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The Power of Observation
A friend recently asked me to elaborate upon about what I meant while discussing “the learning that occurs when we are not trying to teach” kids. This is the learning that children master simply by...
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How Exercise Optimizes the Learner and the Brain
John Ratey, an energetic doctor who is the author of the bestseller Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, talked to a group of 1000 educators from across the U.S. about the...
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Bullying Prevention Workshop for Children
I wanted to share a training opportunity for children ages 7 to 11 in the Seattle area. If you know children who are being bullied, who are expressing bullying behaviors, or you’d like to learn the...
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Lessons in Communication
One of my favorite things to do with children is simply to talk to them. Not just to share my version of wisdom with them, but to learn about their views of the world. It is fascinating, eye-opening,...
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Celebrating Fathers
Kids love their dads, that’s a no-brainer. But is there any scientific evidence that supports the value of having a dad involved with his child? Of course there is! As sociologist Dr. David Popenoe...
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