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How to Talk to Kids about Thanksgiving
As the holidays get closer and closer, I’ve been thinking about how to talk to kids about Thanksgiving.
In our school’s Creating & Welcoming and Inclusive Community toolkit, we talk about how to introduce critical consciousness in a developmentally appropriate way.
During the First Plane of Development (0-6 years-old), our goal is to help children develop a feeling of safety, trust in the world, and secure attachments with the adults in their lives. With that foundation in place, children are then able to use their reasoning mind (which develops in the Second Plane, approximately around their 6th birthday) to explore issues of fairness and injustice in the broader world.… Read More
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Emotional Intelligence: What Are Your Top 5 Emotions?
I’m still going strong with the Noom app, which I’m having trouble believing. Our life is full of stress right now (we are moving this week!). But I’m continuing to walk nearly 10,000 steps a day, log all my meals, weigh myself each day, and stay under my daily calorie allotment. I was never this consistent with WeightWatchers or MyFitness Pal. I think one of the reasons relates to the daily activities in Noom that require you to think in new ways and learn more about psychology. Last week, my activities focused on Emotional Intelligence.
What are your Top 5 Emotions?
One of the activities they had … Read More
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Homemade Pasta: Here We Come!
Image courtesy of Love & Lemons I have been quite slow to jump on the kitchen bandwagon brought about by COVID. No sourdough baking for me! I’m guessing it’s because I’ve had less time because of COVID, not more of it? After all, we did have to reimagine our entire school model and play the role of armchair epidemiologists. And now we run two schools instead of one! (And I still have to make four videos a week. Oy!) But at this point I’m ready to slow down and be more in the present. My first goal is going to be to master homemade pasta!
Too ambitious? Maybe I … Read More