Adventures in Early Childhood Development

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International Peace Day at the Preschool

In preparation for this week’s post I took the liberty of re-reading last years’ post in reference to International Peace Day. I found the sentiments important and relevant and was tempted to re-post it. http://wp.me/p1JRpM-5s  Then I gave it some further thought. Wasn’t International Peace Day worthy of renewed consideration? Was it really too much [...]

Show me some respect!….

This past Sunday, while out to breakfast, two men got up to pay their bill and I overheard a comment voiced by one of them. He complained that the subject of their conversation did not show him adequate respect. His comment sent me to wondering about the concept of “respect” and its importance in everyday [...]

In honor of a great public servant…

This weekend I was deeply immersed in a workshop that took me away from the radio and for that matter the world outside. When I emerged from my cocoon of silence I found the world had shifted. A personal hero of mine had slipped from a living inspiration to a historical figure. Geraldine Ferraro had [...]

Children, Our Time Capsules to the Future…

It is a truth we rarely think about. When we are busy raising our children, we don’t really think about their future. We view their future in terms of us. Milestones that will be achieved, accomplishments, boyfriends, girlfriends, cars, college…what we want for them. What we don’t think about and what we don’t want to think about is the fact that at some undetermined point in the future, our children’s future will no longer include us, physically.

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