The building has finally begun to quiet down after a busy morning of arrivals. The children are situated in their classrooms with a few holdouts still registering their protests, but all in all, it is business as usual. The stillness allows some brief time for contemplation. For some unfathomable reason I have been thinking about [...]
I started thinking about this posting long before my fingertips hit the keyboard. In real life, there is a definitive beginning and ending for most events and situations. We often focus our attention on these two points and spend very little time or attention on the space in between. For instance, we feel the first [...]
I was standing at the door greeting our parents as they returned to pick up their children after a morning of school, when I was stopped by a parent who wanted to ask me a question: “What did I do wrong? Am I a bad parent?” My heart broke for her. The question is common, [...]
Courage, all week long the concept of courage has been presenting itself. Salvatore Guinta won the national Badge of Honor, the Yoga Journal published an article on courage, and my yoga teacher did a set which focused on strengthening courage. With the cosmos so intent on bringing this topic to the forefront of my thinking, [...]
Grace L. Geller holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education from Queens College, and an Advanced Level Director’s Credential. Ms. Geller has been a validator for NAEYC and A.I.S.F. as well as a DCF trainer for Nova Southeastern University. She has authored articles on childcare, parenting and curriculum featured in: “Our City Weston”, “City Magazine”, “Today’s Parent”, and “Broward Family”.
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