Program by Jessica Lalloz

12/29/2021

Let's start the barefoot adventure

09/20/2018

Just received books on Waldorf education in French.

04/19/2018

Carrie was my trainer for my doula birth training. I am glad she became the co-owner of Birthing From Within. Congratulations Big Belly Services !

I first become a childbirth educator in 1981.  I loved learning about all the clinical aspects of birth, how to share information with parents, how I could prepare them for labor, and how to develop compelling activities for group instruction.  But it wasn't until I read 'Birthing From Within' in ...

03/13/2018

" Who should speak what?" This is probably the most frequent question for parents in a bilingual family.

I've seen : Two home languages (one parent, one language), Non-dominant home language without community support, Non-native language used by one parent.

Our families have different motivations to send their children in a French immersion preschool: learning a second language, adding another language to languages spoken at home or in their community.

In any way, I have to say that I am amazed how quick children can learn a language, not only repeating words but also answering to questions.

My secret: I speak to them a lot, it is particularly hard when you are the only native French-speaker, rephrase, use synonyms and speak a lot again.

PS: songs, rhymes and finger play are also a good way to start with little ones.

THE BLOG 03/29/2016 05:29 pm ET Updated Dec 06, 2017 Raising Bilingual Children: Who Should Speak What? By Kevin M. Wong 5.3k Just the other day, I was on the subway in New York City when a family of three sat in the seats across from me. The mother was Japanese and spoke to her two children, who lo...

12/26/2017

Hope you enjoyed the snowfall! Our chicken did not! 🐔❄️

12/05/2017

Editors confused my name, calling me: "Jessica Parker" :)

Fall is that season when work conversations abound with talks about someone’s child starting a new preschool. While parents share their first impressions, this can also be an intimidating period for new parents yet to make the decision. How do you decipher fact from fiction? As a PEPS leader and a...

11/09/2017

Goûter time!

10/17/2017

When we were preparing our snack yesterday, I ask our little students, what babies eat and one of them answered: "they eat moms".

10/06/2017

Myths about Waldorf education

During my first year or two of teaching, our faculty meeting enjoyed the presence of two eminent European Waldorf teachers. My recollection is that one came from the U.K. and one from Germany, but that doesn’t matter. One appeared in the fall and one in the spring. The first, answering a colleague’s...

10/02/2017

Just before jumping. Backyard fun.

09/25/2017

I miss them (my former job in Palo Alto)

There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them!

09/23/2017

Today, we baked whole wheat round challah.