Freedom in Following Rules

Yesterday my husband and I were playing games with my son. He loves games. We played Sequence for Kids, Candyland, and Land Before Time Matching. D has reached the point where cognitively he can follow the simple rules of these classic games, all involving counting, color or shape recognition, and taking turns. Let me say that...

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Learning from my Preschooler

What a difference a year makes! This time last year, my son had about 8 words in his vocabulary. He was still wearing diapers. Now he talks non-stop, creating elaborate stories about castles, knights, and superheros. He hasn’t worn diapers, not even to bed, in six months. He is a voracious learning being and many days...

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Homeschooling for an Extraordinary Family – Part 2

When you have a dream, there is always a gap between the vision and your current reality. How you live in that space makes all that difference. In order to have the dream be reality you must develop into a person who has the capacity and skills to cause that dream. There is growth to be experienced, capacities to be created and...

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Homeschooling for an Extraordinary Family – Part I

How quickly things can change. This spring I was working 60 to 70 hours a week in a job as a financial advisor. I was striving to grow my business practice. Two or three days a week, I would leave the house before my 3-year-old son woke and arrived home after he was in bed. My marriage was strained. My husband was also working...

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