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The Trajectory of Education – From Compliance to Responsive Practice

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  • Nest-Building for Families
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What happened on October 22, 2001 to change the trajectory of humanity? To change the trajectory of education? This question emerged for me in a workshop on "Flourishing in Schools"

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September 23, 2017

Play for Literacy Learning (Part 2)

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This week included an amazing conversation with a friend about her son's literacy learning; we're all trying to figure it out. As parents and teachers we are so passionate about

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March 12, 2017

Play for Literacy Learning (Part 1)

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  • Teaching
  • Thriving

Our began with the definition of literacy as listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  It is a broad definition highlighting some of the most important learning processes of early childhood (ages

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March 5, 2017

4 Truths about Learning Communities as Loving Spaces

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  • Selfhood

Schools, along with teachers, students, and parents, have a bold purpose of being a child's primary experience of community. Can we expand the word "love" to describe our experience in

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February 19, 2017

The Essence of a Welcome

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  • Focus and Simplicity
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  • Table of Learning
  • Worthiness

Welcome Home Over the holidays both my mother and mother-in-law offered the warmest welcome.  The food, beds, games, and activities were prepared.  The tables and ovens were set.  The details

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January 7, 2017

Coaching Children ~ Four Big Ideas for the Lived Curriculum

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  • Parenting
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We are coaching children into their extraordinary potential! I am passionate about helping parents and teachers co-design spaces for children to thrive and I am asking myself and others, "How can

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November 13, 2016

Nest Building: Our Home[work]

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  • Nest-Building for Families
  • Parenting
  • Selfhood

The summer we turned twenty-seven, my husband and I purchased our first home, and the night before the sale closed, I began to fully panic. The open-concept condo we had

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July 18, 2016

The Big Question

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  • Worthiness

What does it essentially mean to design and practice being a Learn Forward school or home?  It means learning is at the centre.  It means focusing on process.  It means being

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June 27, 2016

Encourage the Emergence of Your Child

  • Parenting
  • Selfhood
  • Teaching
  • The Climb

Like a butterfly emerging from her spring cocoon, so a child's sense of identity comes forth.  It is slow and requires coaxing.  It peaks through one small portion at a

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April 17, 2016

The Courage to Rest

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  • Parenting
  • Selfhood
  • Teaching
  • Worthiness

My most cherished things are helping children thrive, the moments you spend with me, staying focused on what matters most, authentic relationships, and our family of five.  If these are

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March 13, 2016

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