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I’d like to start with some well-wishes: I’m sending gratitude and respect to all of my families with veterans, past […]
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I’d like to start with some well-wishes: I’m sending gratitude and respect to all of my families with veterans, past […]
Read moreInspiration for my weekly newsletter comes from all kinds of places…typically from experiences in class, conversations with parents, or articles […]
Read moreI can hardly believe that the end of October is already upon us…October is the start of a celebratory time […]
Read moreI want to first stop and acknowledge the atrocities that are happening in Israel right now. My heart goes out […]
Read moreI remember when my friend and colleague, Janet Lansbury, started writing her blog many, many years ago. I was still […]
Read moreYou know, I’ve been in early education now for over two decades…seriously, some of my first children are now 23 […]
Read moreSending care and respect to my families who observe Yom Kippur this weekend. And sending a ‘Happy Fall!’ to everyone. […]
Read moreThis week, I’m thinking about paradoxes because, truth be told, RIE has a not a few of them…I’m not sure […]
Read moreI came across RIE’s Vision Statement earlier this week, and even though I’ve been teaching RIE for over decade and […]
Read moreAnd you’ll know you’re definitely a weird parent if, like me, you look forward to the day when “weird” is […]
Read moreI’ve been practicing RIE for over twenty years now, so I shouldn’t be surprised anymore, but it still gets me […]
Read moreMy thanks to Keri Khalighi (RIE Mom extraordinaire) for sharing this poem and so much other wisdom and beauty. www.wayoftheelements.com […]
Read moreAugust 11th already? Time is truly flying! My nieces start school next week (kinder and 6th!), and my nephews started […]
Read moreYou know a website I really love? It’s called A Mighty Girl, and while it is billed as ‘the world’s […]
Read moreTrust. There are 7 basic principles of RIE. There’s no particular order or hierarchy to them, and they are all […]
Read moreAs I mentioned in my very first Thread (yes, I joined. No, I have no idea what I’m doing, but […]
Read moreA few weeks ago, I had a dream that I could somehow teach my google spreadsheets to do something automatically […]
Read moreWords are important in the RIE Approach. On so many levels. From speaking respectfully to children, to telling them what […]
Read moreFather’s Day weekend is upon us, and whether your family has one Dad, no Dad, two Dads, or more, I […]
Read moreAfter a week of toddler classes, my mind is on boundaries. Can’t imagine why… 😉 But in all seriousness, boundaries […]
Read moreIt was another one of those Fridays where I had so many ideas bumping around in my head that I […]
Read moreCare Trust Boundaries Balance Partnership Real Relationships I woke up early the other morning and I (engaged in the downright […]
Read moreIn a piece I sent out several weeks ago, I talked about the building blocks of RIE: respect and authenticity. […]
Read moreHappy Mother’s Day, my dear RIE Mommas. I hope today finds you just where you would wish to be, doing […]
Read moreI hope this message finds you well on this gorgeous Spring day. And to my families who observe, I wish […]
Read moreMy first thought was what a gift to say the cover quote to a child…and to really feel that for […]
Read moreNature. Nurture. Narration. I came across that simple alliteration a while ago and it resonated…You can spot a RIE parent […]
Read moreLast week I wrote about slowing down, which is an art…a practice, and it is one of the main elements […]
Read moreSometimes I’m inspired by listening to an interesting podcast. Sometimes Often, I’m inspired by something I witness in class or […]
Read moreIn a recent class, I hovered near a child playing on top of a set of wooden stairs (about 2 […]
Read moreCare is the first lesson of love. Last week I wrote about the magic of the Educaring classes I teach…how […]
Read moreOne lovely things about teaching in the great outdoors is the exposure this unique parenting approach gets…setting up in a […]
Read moreBehaving Requires Thinking This was the subject line of an email I got this morning and I took it as […]
Read moreI don’t have an in-depth RIE in Real Life story this week because, despite my best intentions, I still really […]
Read moreSlow down, and then slow down a little more. Some of Magda Gerber’s most famous words of wisdom. And, like […]
Read moreI love it when research catches up with RIE. I’m already seeing evidence of mainstream culture starting to catch up […]
Read moreFirst off, if you’d rather listen to this newsletter, follow this link. I’m trying something new…let me know what you […]
Read moreFirst off, I’m thinking of all my families who will be celebrating the Lunar New Year this Sunday…I’m wishing you […]
Read moreI wrote this article on Friday the 13th, which is traditionally unlucky…but not to worry, this particular Friday the 13th […]
Read moreIt’s the last Friday of 2022, oh my. Is it just me or did this year simultaneously crawl and fly […]
Read morePhew, today marked an end to the triple digit temperatures Southern California has been suffering through for the past two […]
Read moreFirst off, a hearty welcome to the newsletter to all the new subscribers! And a heartfelt thank you to Janet […]
Read moreSnack is still on my mind this week because of the sweetest moment I had with one of my RIE […]
Read moreI hope this week has treated you well, and if not, I hope you have treated yourself well. This week, […]
Read moreI knew I had to write about this week’s story the moment it happened. It was so beautiful that I […]
Read moreOver the past week, I’ve had a few new families come to join my classes (side note: I love the […]
Read moreToday’s RIE in Real Life is a love letter to RIE classes. As I was preparing to head home for […]
Read moreThis Friday finds me still in Central Virginia with family, and though it has been over a week since I’ve […]
Read moreThis week’s RIE in Real Life is short and personal, but it resonated with me and I think it will […]
Read moreWait. Yes, wait. That’s the theme of my RIE in Real Life this week…it was one of Magda Gerber’s core […]
Read moreOn this hot and humid (did you catch those clouds in the picture above?) week, my story is less of […]
Read moreWishing you all a very happy Father’s Day. I’m blessed to have had a very special, caring, and involved father […]
Read moreIt seems I’ve outgrown my old method of sending emails out and it’s time to try something new. With my […]
Read moreI had my RIE win all planned out for this week…I planned to write about the gratitude I have for […]
Read more(Beginning in mid-March 2020, when the world shut down, I began a bi-weekly conversation with the parents who had been […]
Read moreThis week’s RIE win comes from my Mom. A child advocate, educator, and administrator; her passion is all things early […]
Read moreMaybe it is because lately it seems like my life has suddenly sped up, filled up, and is forcing me […]
Read moreThis week’s RIE win comes courtesy of my husband, who is a woodworker, computer programmer, musician, and all-around tinkerer…someone who […]
Read moreSeveral years ago, I was asked to write about RIE using the prompt “Begin as you wish to proceed” for […]
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