“…Having usable space decreases the friction between all the routines and people who live in a home or classroom. Whether you have a whole room for children, a corner in the living room, or just a special bookcase-turned-homeschool next to the kitchen table — that’s enough…”
Read More…Many of us, especially parents and teachers are feeling tremendous pressure to make everything as capital-R right as we possibly can for the children in our lives. Why wouldn’t we? We love and respect the children and childhoods that are entrusted to us. It is literally and figuratively our job to give children consistency, security, and ensure they have everything they need to develop with the best chance of success and well-being.
But what do consistency, security, and development even mean in a life-changing crisis?…
Read More“…Imagine: you know something big is coming. Something life-changing. You’ve heard everyone you know mention this unfamiliar thing that will make you into a different sort of person (read: big kid). Even if you know someone else who has done this thing, you still don’t know exactly what the future holds for you. You can’t know until you get there…”
Read More“…The key to successful goodbyes is a clear, pre-determined, and consistent routine for saying goodbye each day…”
Read More“…How can I ever know that I am teaching, parenting, living the “right” way? How can I know if this is the right way for these particular, uniquely spirited children? Yet, if we move past fear, the expanse of our vision can empower us to make the choices that are right for our families, our classes, or our communities…”
Read MorePractice, Not Magic is a series of posts about the practical aspects of living alongside young children. Focusing on one vignette, we can parse out the developmental from the situational and how to think through common dilemmas faced by parents, teachers, cool aunts, and chosen family, et al.
Children’s resistance to cleaning up can be about a few things. Here will will consider one possible problem and reflective solution….
Read MoreMicah Card is a writer and educator in Los Angeles, CA.
No Magic Lecture is a blog about teaching, learning, and living alongside young children, though the principles here apply to all learners (including you!). Creating a meaningful life with children is about holding a vision and seeing it through together. The phrase “No Magic Lecture” means there is no one perfect thing that must make or break a moment, a behavior, a child, family, or classroom. It’s a reminder, reprieve, and an invitation. Welcome.
Micah Card is a writer and educator in Santa Cruz, CA. She believes in the power of children, thinking deeply and critically, and in reminding ourselves that the point of all this is to grow.
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