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at home – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. Please Don’t Say You Allow Your Child to Take Risks. June 8, 2016. Bull; 7 Comments. Have you noticed that many parenting blogs have embraced the mission of encouraging parents to let their children take more risks? The Core of Good Parenting is the Fun Stuff. April 29, 2016. Bull; 0 Comments. Share this with Parents and Teachers: The Most Amazing and Important Lesson You Will Ever Teach. February 16, 2016.

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Finding Balance in the Garden – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. Finding Balance in the Garden. November 15, 2014. Bull; 0 Comments. Sharing an older post. I think of my mother’s stories about growing up as a farmer’s daughter’s whenever I sucker tomatoes. I envision the welts that came up on her arms in spite of the long sleeves, a common reaction to the solanoid in the chartreuse sap. But I also remember my mother’s stories about happy days. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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  a parable about the common core and the empty flower pots.   – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. A parable about the common core and the empty flower pots. April 26, 2015. Bull; 4 Comments. If we focus only on the seeds that come up in the pot, or the lessons that are taught for a test, so little is gained and so much is lost. Our children need teachers who are allowed to honor and support whatever grows. Now in Chinese…Five Reasons to Think Twice Before You Praise Your Child and what to Do Instead. Would l...

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Now in Chinese! – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. October 14, 2014. Bull; 0 Comments. Seven Reasons to not (always) Answer Your Child’s Questions has been translated into Chinese at this site :. November 1, 2014, now over 2,700 views. I wish I could have a conversations with a person who read this in China so I could learn their thoughts about the idea of encouraging children to answer their own questions. Finding Balance in the Garden →. Enter your comment here.

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Five Reasons to Think Twice Before Praising Your Child and Five Ideas for What to Do Instead – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. Five Reasons to Think Twice Before Praising Your Child and Five Ideas for What to Do Instead. December 2, 2014. Bull; 6 Comments. You want your child to be free ,. To be led by his or her own inner self. A mom at the playground this morning called excitedly to her child. Good job! And again perhaps a minute later, good job! So, what happened? Was published in 1999. In spite of Kohn’s sage advice, the habit o...

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Finding Balance in the Garden – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. Finding Balance in the Garden. July 8, 2014. Bull; 3 Comments. My mother, like many farm kids in her generation, devoted too much of her childhood to field work. In contrast, I wish I had picked my first ripe tomato as a child. Somewhere between my mothers agricultural experience and mine there is the illusive balance that I seek for my students as a gardening teacher. Maxwell’s Kale →. July 12, 2014 at 9:51 am.

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Uncategorized – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. Please Don’t Say You Allow Your Child to Take Risks. June 8, 2016. Bull; 7 Comments. Have you noticed that many parenting blogs have embraced the mission of encouraging parents to let their children take more risks? The Pilgrims Were Not Present at the First Thanksgiving in America! A Story to Share With Your Children. November 23, 2015. Bull; 1 Comment. November 7, 2015. Bull; 1 Comment. October 28, 2015. My ho...

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Kim Allsup – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. Please Don’t Say You Allow Your Child to Take Risks. June 8, 2016. Bull; 7 Comments. Have you noticed that many parenting blogs have embraced the mission of encouraging parents to let their children take more risks? The Core of Good Parenting is the Fun Stuff. April 29, 2016. Bull; 0 Comments. Share this with Parents and Teachers: The Most Amazing and Important Lesson You Will Ever Teach. February 16, 2016.

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Toddlers Blooming in the Garden Revisited – Growing Children

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A teacher’s blog about the art of helping children grow–at home, at school and in the garden. Toddlers Blooming in the Garden Revisited. January 13, 2015. Bull; 0 Comments. The frozen earth is a fertile zone for the gardener’s active mind. Seed catalogs, plot plans, old planting records and books about organic pest control and landscape design are the tools of dreamers who see beyond the white blanket hiding last year’s garden stubble and the remaining leeks. This is the end of a summer when we have ofte...