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Kia Ora Geeks, what’s up? \u00a0So Little Girl and I started our week with a beautiful visit to the Playcentre in Leithfield. \u00a0I wanted to follow up with a few links from our conversation there.<\/p>\nKia Ora Geeks, what’s up? \u00a0So Little Girl and I started our week with a beautiful visit to the Playcentre in Leithfield. \u00a0I wanted to follow up with a few links from our conversation there.<\/p>\n
First: May I say how much I love Playcentre<\/a> as a movement, a philosophy, and a thing in general. \u00a0It’s uniquely kiwi, supportive of families (therefore is grounded in Bioecological theories of human development<\/a>, whoop whoop!) and it is a monument to play. \u00a0And play rules. \u00a0That’s that. As I told the lovely Kate, who is writing about the morning for a Playcentre publication, being in a Playcentre makes me proud to be a New Zealander.<\/p>\n I also happen to adore Kay Henson<\/a>, who runs that Monday morning session at Leithfield Playcentre. \u00a0What a lucky little village. \u00a0And what lovely, devoted mamas all hanging out that day. \u00a0I am grateful to have spent some time with you all.<\/p>\n I see the way you attend so patiently, selflessly, (exhaustedly!) to your settled, loved, inquisitive children. \u00a0I see you.<\/p>\n Some of the things I wanted to follow up:<\/p>\n This is a good intro to temperament theory<\/a>, and, to follow on, here is an article about the concept of Goodness of Fit.<\/a>\u00a0 And this article does a lovely job of explaining Self Regulation<\/a> and highlights the link between it and Goodness of Fit. \u00a0Good times!<\/p>\n An extension of our temperament conversation led us into talking about Elaine Aron and her Highly Sensitive Person work. \u00a0Check out more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n A couple of musical links now: first with regards to behaviour. \u00a0This is Accentuate the Positive,<\/a> which is more than just a classic tune. \u00a0It’s also a great strategy for dealing with our families. \u00a0It’s a behaviour management anthem, about choosing your battles, and celebrating the bits that are going well!<\/p>\n The next musical link is a live version of Dixie Chicken<\/a> by Little Feat, from the year of our Lord, 1977. \u00a0It’s for Dixie and her mama.<\/p>\n What else? \u00a0Here is a link to learn more about Madga Gerber<\/a>, this is a book I highly recommend<\/a>, this is one of the Buddhist inspired parenting books<\/a> I wouldn’t live without (I chatted with one mama about this),\u00a0and won’t you please have a peruse of my writing page<\/a> for many expansions of some of the topics we discussed.<\/p>\n Finally, this is a random and cool link <\/a>from Mothering mag\u00a0about baby birds and the power of song … ooooh.<\/p>\n Speaking of birds, I’m off to give my poorly chook a spa treatment.<\/a> \u00a0I wish I was kidding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kia Ora Geeks, what’s up? \u00a0So Little Girl and I started our week with a beautiful visit to the Playcentre in Leithfield. \u00a0I wanted to follow up with a few links from our conversation there. First: May I say how … Continue reading