“When you touch that teddy bear? The sweatshirt in your closet? Does it make you feel happy?” This is a conversation I have witnessed between a parent and her children. Yes, we live in a material world. We have things we need and things we want. Some of us strive for goals related to inanimate objects; …
I have been following Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani. What interests me most is her discussions surrounding how girls are raised to be beautiful, smart and successful. Any deviation from this goal cause girls anxiety. The effect of this conditioning is we don’t try, we erase our efforts for fear of being judged. Boys fall, scrape their …
Within all the daily noise and the rush of limited time, very often; we don’t listen. Remind yourself of what it’s like to converse with someone who talks incessantly. Consider how that feels, almost always I feel impatient, anxious and restless to leave. Those conversations drain us, silence us; we give up and withdraw. We …
As Easter approaches and I see a few of our team members show signs of anxiety over what our students will take home, I am reminded how important it is to continue to develop curriculum and educate adults. Current research around brain development related to our ability to create real change in a child’s life, …
I have been reading a lot about startups, how you can identify the phase, if it ever ends and what is key to success in this stage. I would qualify my business as a startup, 1. In my mind a startup is not only building something new but its a state where a business is …
For me personally, the most fascinating information shared at TedxVancouver was by Laura Boyd, Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology and Motor Learning. What she said not only made clear the potential for everyone’s learning and recovery but offered so much optimism. Hope for parents of children with learning disabilities; people I meet each day who are concerned …
My 3 reasons why Early Education is necessary: 1. You are born with almost all the brain cells you will ever have, with very few connections between them. 2. The process of building brain architecture (connections or synapses) is dramatically influenced by experiences. 3. Language and vocabulary development is not hardwired, it requires a language …
In a Social Planning meeting with the City regarding a potential project, a random conversation is initiated; as we discuss air quality reports somehow we are led into a debate regarding Children & Risk Taking. There is a common feeling among most people around the table that our children are not being given any opportunity …
