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For those active kids

…and which ones aren’t? I have found that incorporating a little movement in our day goes a long way toward providing an outlet for energy and aiding learning for an active child. Colin, who’s 7, loves to have physical ways of learning or practicing a concept. Occasionally I’ll happen upon something...

Art Museum Scavenger Hunt

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Art Museum Scavenger Hunt The question is not what you look at, but what you see. Henry David Thoreau Last month we focused on listening to music, the first part of a two-part series which will conclude in April. But this month we move to visual art. There is something magical about a child’s first...

Listening with Purpose, Part I

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Listening with Purpose, Part I A lot of us…allow music to be a background to what we do and because of that we forget that listening is an active challenge to the brain. There’s so much auditory material in the background of our lives and it has made us lazy. Graham Sheffield, chairman, Royal Philharmonic...

Why Bother?

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Why Bother? “The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.” -Albert Einstein As all parents do, my husband and I have milestones that we mark for our children. We note their first tooth, their first step and their first word. But one milestone that may...