Celebrating Me. Celebrating You.
It’s the eve of a family vacation. A vacation we’re taking both of the kids out of school for. See, each child has already had a spring break. Separately. Which means this is my third spring break in six weeks. I’m thinking of it as the ultimate in playing hooky. There’s a bit of a [...]
Tuesday I volunteered in my daughter’s preschool classroom, three and just-turned-four year olds painting watercolor storms and building a man out of curved and straight wooden shapes. Boys and girls tripped over dress-up clothes, and I sat with Abbey and her friend as they played a hybrid of school and zoo with little plastic animals [...]
I caught him standing at the front door, looking out at the front yard with his little palms pressed against the cool glass. His breath like little puffs of cotton candy condensation. He didn’t know I was there and I didn’t tell him. Observing him is such a rare treasure. I heard his voice, soft [...]
It started slowly. Little things that on their own were nothing. Transitioning from four years in a Montessori classroom into a first grade class in our local public school is a HUGE change. New routines, new types of models, new expectations. A big cafeteria. Finding the bus at dismissal time. Going to the library. In [...]
I have a friend who has two boys, ages 3 1/2 and nearly 2. Her first son has been attending preschool since he was 2 1/2 and her youngest has been going to a twice-weekly two-hour ‘class’ in the same school since he was 18 months. My son is 21 months and has never been [...]
They say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” When it comes to art, beauty is very subjective. What is viewed as priceless to one can make another gaze with a tilted head muttering “I don’t get it.” I recently used these words to describe a little bit about my son: “When this joyous [...]
From across the living room I watch him sitting by the coffee table. He’s quiet, and totally intent on what he’s doing. It’s a puzzle – a typical childhood game – but it’s anything but typical for him. My son (now three) has never been one to sit still, not from the day he was [...]
My daughter started first grade this week, in a new school. A public school. In a system where – oh by the way – I also teach. So, hypothetically speaking, I should at least be acquainted with the basics of day-to-day life with a first grader. You would think. But somehow, in all my readings [...]
Imagine feeling taller. Imagine feeling stronger from the inside out. Imagine knowing and BELIEVING that you are strong. Just.Be.Enough.
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