Education & Children’s Development
“learning by senses, learning by playing.” Some days, the children might go berry-picking; other times, they make bread, chop fruit for fruit salad, or draw pictures of vegetables. Most of the time, they are hardly aware they are learning at all.
Bee Wilson • First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
including parenting, caregiving, and even community service.
Ivy Ross • Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
In Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children, authors Jean Illsley Clarke and Connie Dawson talk about healing one hole at a time. “There is no quick fix,” they write. “There is no magical, sudden way to borrow the needed skills and to reclaim our self-confidence and self-esteem. We must do it ourselves step by step; we must
... See moreJasmin Lee Cori MS LPC • The Emotionally Absent Mother: A Guide to Self-Healing and Getting the Love You Missed
match our expectations to the child’s stage of development and level of experience.
Joanna Faber • How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 (The How To Talk Series)
When parents take good care of their children, the children grow up knowing how to take good care of themselves.
Connie Dawson • Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children
Early childhood is a period of exploration and sensory development. Toys that feel good and are made of natural materials invite exploration.
Kim John Payne M.Ed. • Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
we refer to parenting that has been less than adequate as uneven, not as dysfunctional.