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A Glimpse into the Primary Upper West
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A Glimpse into the Primary Upper West

Early Childhood, Montessori

A Glimpse into the Primary Upper West

Heather2022-05-15T20:17:01-05:00February 4th, 2022|Categories: Early Childhood, Montessori|Tags: concentration, flow, freedom, normalization, self-regulation|

By Laura Hosek, M.Ed., Primary Guide, Upper West It’s been a strange couple years for everyone, everywhere across the sphere we call home. Humans have been stretched and balled, left to rise, deflated, then molded into an adaptive new. I’ve been baking a lot on the weekends— it’s fun and sets up a beautiful analogy... We, adults, are much like bread in the oven: while still a bit pliable and a few tricks can work to keep us changing in the direction we prefer, but [...]

Food and Life
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Food and Life

Parenting

Food and Life

Heather2020-12-29T13:49:10-06:00October 1st, 2020|Categories: Parenting|Tags: concentration, independence, Parenting, self-regulation, Soft Skills|

By Maren Stark Schmidt And They Call It Veggie Love… When do we learn to love vegetables? For most of us, it is usually before the age of seven. During the first six years of life children are in a sensitive period of learning that involves refining the senses, which includes, of course, taste and smell. Introduce new foods ten times. Presenting a variety of vegetables to the young child helps create a later preference for vegetables in the older child and adult. When introducing [...]

If At First You Don’t Succeed…GREAT!!
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If At First You Don’t Succeed…GREAT!!

Montessori, Parenting

If At First You Don’t Succeed…GREAT!!

Heather2019-12-05T16:20:14-06:00October 5th, 2019|Categories: Montessori, Parenting|Tags: concentration, Grit, self-regulation|

By Pilar Bewley Mistakes, we make them every day. Regardless of their magnitude, they all share one common characteristic: they teach. “We learn from failure, not from success,” wrote Bram Stoker in Dracula. Mistakes are essential to our growth and development and yet in our society they are taboo. At some point in our lives most of us have passed the buck instead of taking responsibility for our errors; in our culture messing up something you readily acknowledge. Since we have such a negative view [...]

Interruption Disruption: Why You Should Never Interrupt a Child at Work
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Interruption Disruption: Why You Should Never Interrupt a Child at Work

Parenting

Interruption Disruption: Why You Should Never Interrupt a Child at Work

Heather2019-12-05T16:42:17-06:00August 4th, 2019|Categories: Parenting|Tags: concentration, flow, Parenting|

By Catherine McTamaney Imagine it: you’re at your work, fully absorbed in the task in front of you. Your attention is focused on your project. You’ve finally hit a pace and you’re getting it done. And the phone rings. What happens to your work? For most adults, getting interrupted from our work means broken momentum. The rhythm of our work is disrupted. It’s hard to get back on track. If we’re concentrating deeply, absorbed in our work, the impact is even more significant. We may [...]