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02/11/2024

My dear friend Yvonne is moving back to the Netherlands (yay for me!) and is selling her amazing Waldorf school in Portland.
If this has been your dream - this is your opportunity to make that dream come true 🫶

04/07/2019

Yup! I'm so glad research is proving me right. Please...... unstructured playtime - lots of it - outside if possible!!!

Homework does have an impact on young students — but it’s not a good one

03/31/2019

This

Decades-long study shows that the more time we spend outdoors as kids, the less chance we have of mental illness as adults.

03/07/2019

This is SO important to hear!

03/03/2019

This. Indeed.

“We have forgotten that children are designed by nature to learn through self-directed play and exploration, and so, more and more, we deprive them of freedom to learn, subjecting them instead to the tedious and painfully slow learning methods devised by those who run the schools.”
―Peter Gray, Free to Learn

02/11/2019

This.

Violence and aggression are never signs of love or affection.

01/29/2019

This! Awesome.

The Emmy-winning actor is lesser known for his work writing for children. But he calls his book series, about the adventures and struggles of a dyslexic child, his proudest accomplishment.

01/01/2019

Happy New 2019 ❤ - https://mailchi.mp/551c5c015af0/tfhk-class-and-inner-peace-circles-january-2893185

12/12/2018

This

12/04/2018

Upcoming TFHK class and Inner Peaces CIrcles in December - join us ❤ - https://mailchi.mp/d0d670e0fae8/tfhk-class-and-inner-peace-circles-december

11/29/2018

this is totally obvious in my humble opinion. Kids need to move (adults do to) in order to be able to focus. Glad they're doing it. Hope some more schools will follow!

While most school districts across the country are cutting back on recess time and ramping up the Ritalin, one Texas school has kindergartners and first graders sitting still and “incredibly attentive.” What’s their secret? Their recess time has tripled. Instead of 20 minutes of recess per day...