A Parent Cooperative. Everything I Need.
Signatures tucked away and hidden under freshly painted and repaired baseboards. A carefully engineered rain drainage system buried under 10 tons of specially-selected and shipped sand in the sandpit. Gentle and informed support during difficult times. We leave our marks, we shape and care deeply for the environment, we take care of each other.
Moveable Feast, The Beauty of Loose Parts
Imaginary play and open-ended play materials for indoor or outdoor play, but always defined and led by children.
Telling the Truth
We have all done it. We see the cookie crumbs sprinkled down our child’s shirt or the purloined item held behind their back, and we have to ask the big question: “Tell me the truth: did you . . . ”
If These Walls Could Talk
Let’s consider the walls of a classroom; if the walls could talk, and they certainly should, they would tell the story of what the children have been doing, what they have been researching, and the concepts they have been investigating
Special time is a "win/win" for everyone
Emory Luce Baldwin pulls from her Parent Encouragement Program (PEP) "bag of tricks" and real life to describe how to build, "special time." A way to drink coffee and read the paper? Alone? Without neglecting your child's needs? Do tell!