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Dangerism

While I continue to envy preschools with the good fortune to be located within or adjacent to a tract of the natural world in which their children can hike and explore, the advantage of an urban location is the ability to easily take the bus to places we want to go.…

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Added by Teacher Tom on April 22, 2010 at 6:28am — 9 Comments

The Intimacy Of Doing

I’m an old-school PCC member, which means I bag my own groceries in my own canvas bags. I like to make efficiency games of routine activities and bagging groceries is a classic example. As I line up my purchases on the conveyor…

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Added by Teacher Tom on April 14, 2010 at 4:56am — 9 Comments

She's Not Shy. She's Thoughtful.

When my daughter Josephine was a preschooler, it typically took her awhile to warm up to new situations. As much as I tried to role model enthusiastically leaping in she tended to hold back, observing and assessing before finally…

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Added by Teacher Tom on April 7, 2010 at 6:46am — 9 Comments



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