More Than a Place on a Map
Lesley Romanoff Lesley Romanoff

More Than a Place on a Map

As they run past landmarks, they catalogue them, they put them in their pockets for later. This is more than a place on a map. It is a childhood. 

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Children's Community
Lesley Romanoff Lesley Romanoff

Children's Community

For children, decision-making is sometimes really overwhelming. Often what we think are small or easily made decisions are too much for little ones. How wonderful is it for children to find themselves in a community of other children, who get that and will help each other out when they need it? 

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The Future is Here
Lesley Romanoff Lesley Romanoff

The Future is Here

We have the future inside the walls and garden of our little cooperative school. We know the future surrounds us and is being cared for carefully. And here it is about community and the strength of "we." The future may not be evenly distributed, but it will be. Yes, it will and it will start with "we."

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Three Breaths
Lesley Romanoff Lesley Romanoff

Three Breaths

He chooses "Thorny Devil" breathing. A thorny devil is a lizard native to Australia, but what do I know about it? Nothing. I ask if it is covered in spiky thorns and wondered if it rolls in a ball. I just need a couple clues so that I can figure out how a thorny devil can take a deep in-breath and exhale slowly, to then fill the lungs again. Three times we will breathe in and out like a thorny devil.

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