Posted in books, children, creativity, dreams, encouragement, hope on December 17, 2011 | 4 Comments »
“Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me … Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” ~ Shel Silverstein from Where The Sidewalk Ends via Dailygood My friends Leah and Peter are having their first baby [...]
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Posted in child, childhood, children, clarity, encouragement, failure on December 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Florida, and got a lot of time with my 4-year old niece, Lorelei. She likes to play the game I call “Touch the Ceiling” where she asks me to reach way up on my tip-toes and then jump to see if I can touch the ceiling. I’m 5’2″ and [...]
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Posted in children, dreams, imagination, tagged postaday2011 on July 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last week I spent a lot of time with my two nieces, Lorelei and Aubree, who are 3 and 1 respectively. Lorelei has a new-found obsession with the original Mary Poppins movie. She watches it with such intensity, and then sings the songs and mimics all of the movements. Her laser beam focus, which she’s [...]
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Posted in art, children, creativity, dogs, meditation, yoga, tagged postaday2011 on February 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.” ~ George Kneller How many times have you caught yourself saying, aloud or to yourself, “well, that’s just the way it is”? It’s a dangerous phrase, though entirely understandable when we are in the throes of frustration or [...]
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Posted in children, education, school on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s understandable that some people are skeptical about nonprofit organizations. We work hard for our money and when we give it away, where does it go? There are organizations like Charity Navigator that provide objective ratings of nonprofits, though in this economy ratings agencies of all kinds have drawn criticism. I’ve always found that restricted [...]
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Posted in children, education, environment, school, science on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My friend, Michael, author of Like a Fish In Water, sent me a link about environmental education in the Maryland Public School System. Previously, the system only required a single lesson on environmental education some time between kindergarten and 12th grade. Now, environmental science must be woven into the curriculum, covering specific topics. Originally, the [...]
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Posted in children, education, school on September 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
An article appeared in the New York Times yesterday showcasing a Massachusetts school that didn’t let large class sizes stop them from improving test scores. By bringing writing and reading assignments into every school subject (gym included!) The school is now outperforming 90% of other schools in Massachusetts. Reading and writing bring to bear creativity, [...]
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Posted in children, education, family on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The airwaves are bustling and bristling this week about education. Our U.S. school system is making front page news like never before. Sadly, sometimes it takes a crisis to raise awareness. Yesterday, one of my readers of this blog who has decades of experience in education voiced his opinion about one way to repair the [...]
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Posted in children, education on September 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This week NBC is running a special in-depth look at education in America, Education Nation. It is a loud, profound alarm – our schools are in trouble, and by association our nation is in trouble. Not because of the financial system or the housing crisis or the erratic Dow. Our nation is in trouble because [...]
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Posted in children, education, philanthropy, school on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I received the article below in an email from Charles Best today about a hidden angel who showed up on the doorstep of Donorschoose.org. Best is the Founder of Donorschoose.org, an organization that link indvidual donors to specific classroom needs via a well-organized, elegant web interface. The email is a reprint of an article that [...]
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