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A section from our parent information sheet. Full version is downloadable from the Playberry Laser platform in the resources section.

This is so beautiful.

THE EMPTY NEST

My nest is as it should be now, empty.
Tidy, ordered, calm.
My babies have grown, beautifully, and flown.
Just the way I taught them to.
And my heart is full of pride, and love, still so full of love.
But oh there is an ache there, a throb, a pang.
I have given of myself in a way that only a mother can.
So consuming is that gift,
there is scarce room for much else to thrive.
So what now?
My empty nest feels hollow,
the echo of my own breath rings in my ears.
My worries have not flown with the fledglings,
they linger still,
but now without the comfort of a slumbering head on a pillow up-stairs.
My imagination tells the tales I don’t want to see,
and my spare time,
once so coveted,
is now my enemy.

My nest is as it should be now, empty.
But I will not be empty little one.
I will fly, just like you, find my new place in this story.
Play music, bring friends, make noise and laughter and fill the house with life,
so that when you come home, you see nothing to worry about here, for that will clip your beautiful little wings.

And you will remember how nurturing your nest once was.
And you will crave the feeling of it, just once in a while.

This nest will never close and nor will I let it lose its love.
Fly, my loves, fly.
And remember the way back home.

Donna Ashworth
From ‘LOVE’: https://amzn.eu/d/1ci8D1N

Art by The Art of Jennifer Yoswa

See at its closest to the Moon for 2023 ✨

On January 31, at 04:24 GMT, Mars will reach the nearest distance to the Moon in the sky for 2023. The objects will be separated by 0.1°. Look for them with the naked eye in the constellation Ta**us. ♉ The waxing gibbous Moon will shine at a magnitude of -12.3, and the Red Planet will join it with a magnitude of -0.3.

🌔 Observers from parts of North and South America will also get a chance to see the Moon passing in front of Mars. This event is called lunar occultation.

To learn, what other planets meet the Moon soon, check our theme-based article:
🔗https://starwalk.space/ru/news/moon-in-conjunction-with-mars-venus-saturn-jupiter

Often called “3D Vision,” depth perception is dependent on the ability to use both eyes together at the highest level. 3D vision relies on both eyes working together to accurately focus on the same point in space, with each eye seeing it from its own angle. The brain combines the different view from each eye into a single three-dimensional picture. This is called Stereopsis.

According to research, nearly 50% of the population with Dyslexia will experience other Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD). These difficulties are said to “overlap,” “co-exist,” or “co-occur” with dyslexia. I explain to teachers and parents that this is the norm rather than the exception. The diagram (OAGA) demonstrates how various conditions can overlap and affect one another. Everyone’s profile is unique and it is important to understand this to be able to meet the child or adult’s needs. [email protected]

Children can present with the same symptoms but have different root causes.

1) Difficulties with self-regulation (executive functioning) can result in learning issues. These are the kiddos I tend to talk about the most. When attention and inhibition or other executive functioning skills are weak, a child may have difficulty learning because they’re not connected to their environment.

2) On the flip side, learning disabilities can result in self-regulation difficulties. These kiddos tend to be a bit more difficult to identify and often fall through the cracks or become labeled as behavior problems. These kiddos have underlying learning disabilities yet their EF skills are strong enough to “get by”. However, sometimes a kiddo will just simply check out. The work becomes too hard. Their undiagnosed dyslexia or other learning disability eventually becomes too much to manage and they tune out. What does this look like? This looks like a kid staring out the window and not paying attention. Because, “why bother? I won’t be able to understand it or do the work anyways.” 🤷🏻‍♀️ So the presentation is difficulties in self-regulation when really there’s an underlying learning disability.

As the professionals entrusted to help these children, it is our responsibility to determine to the best of our ability the root cause of the symptoms we see.