Kia Ora and hello!<\/p>\n
Before we go any further, the date tells us we are a week from Christmas. \u00a0My pal at OHbaby! shared a link to this fab piece, about simplifying the season<\/a>. \u00a0Make like Elsa and Let It GO! \u00a0Enjoy.<\/p>\n I am in my office with a brief, hard-fought window of time to be working. \u00a0I’m supposed<\/em> to be banging out a draft for a 1500-worder due soon after the festive craziness. \u00a0Ask me how that’s going? \u00a0Yeah. \u00a0Um. \u00a0Not great.<\/p>\n But then ask me how it was at Toddlerific and I will tell you… it was a treat! \u00a0An utter treat. We talked – a lot – about stuff like the serve and return nature of child development (HERE <\/a>is an elegant explanation from the Center for the Developing Child at Harvard) and about temperament research<\/a>, and goodness of fit<\/a>. \u00a0 And many other luscious things! \u00a0Such fun.<\/p>\n Here is a link <\/a>to the most recent newsletter from Brainwave Trust Aotearoa. \u00a0Yeah, I wrote the book review in there, but the main reason for sharing is Keryn O’Neill’s excellent analysis of the Perry Preschool Project. You gotta see it.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, did I already post a link to this article<\/a> about The Last Generation of kids to play outside? \u00a0 It’s a goodie. \u00a0And speaking of play, look how dreamy this crowd are … the Exuberant Animal<\/a> (good name for a funk band …).<\/p>\n May I end with a shout out to the super smart, warm, wise and uber supportive Pennie Brownlee<\/a>. \u00a0Arohanui xxx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kia Ora and hello! Before we go any further, the date tells us we are a week from Christmas. \u00a0My pal at OHbaby! shared a link to this fab piece, about simplifying the season. \u00a0Make like Elsa and Let It … Continue reading