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Rae Pica: Childhood isn’t a dress rehearsal for adulthood

February 27, 2018

Childhood isn’t a dress rehearsal for adulthood, nor is it a race. By Rae Pica In the linked article, Rae Pica discusses the affects of pushing skills onto a child that he or she is not developmentally ready for. The op…

Facilitating Connection Among Children

February 23, 2018

In the wake of the terrible events in Parkland, Florida, we are all thinking about ways we can affect change and influence these young lives and the world for the better. While many are making valiant efforts on the pol…

Teacher Tom: The 15 Second Wait

January 17, 2018

I love Teacher Tom and his incredibly thoughtful blog . He is an experienced preschool teacher in Seattle that really strives to teach the kids to become adults in this world. He treats the children, as adults should–wi…

Stuart Brown: Play is more than just fun.

January 16, 2018

Several years ago, in the beginning stages of Lupine Lane becoming a school, there was finally an opportunity to step away for a day for some continuing education in the form of a conference on play in San Antonio. My e…

Grit and the Power of Perseverance

January 16, 2018

NPR Interview with Angela Duckworth on Grit and the Power of Perseverance Tinkergarten Blog: What is Grit and Why is it Important for Kids? Grit – it’s the power of perseverance. Not just persevering mindlessly and with…

Trouble-Free Transitions in Early Childhood

December 22, 2017

Think about the number of transitions in your child’s day–house to car, car to school, school to car, car to store, store to car, car to home. That’s quite a bit and doesn’t factor in all of the transitions once these b…

Play-Based Learning: Are we doing it right?

December 22, 2017

Play-Based Learning is definitely a popular phrase these days. We have used it to describe how we do things at our school. However, this article sheds some light on how valid that term really is when being used to descr…

The Fragile Generation

December 18, 2017

I recently read this article via reason.com: The Fragile Generation The content is important and should get everyone’s wheels turning–we need to get back to our roots with kids, as far as how we raise and educate them. …