One topic I want to dive into particularly deeply coming out of the Study Group in Reggio Emilia is that of toddlers making representations: choosing to draw or paint or…
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Education Parenting Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia Study Group
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*Calculated from statistics provided in the article: Toys $10 and under make up 27% of the $25 billion toy business = $6.75 billion/assumed average sale price of $5 = 1.35 billion…
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As we look to incorporate more elements of the Reggio Emilia approach into Carys’ “education” (which I feel I must put in inverted commas because we’re not really “teaching” her much),…
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I was on the fence about buying a new stroller before our trip to Italy. Carys doesn’t use the one we have very much, largely as a function of where we…
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I hired an Italian lady to look after Carys while I participated in the Reggio Emilia study group; I have to say that Alvin was more than a little nervous about…
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Regular readers may recall that Carys and I recently returned from two weeks in Italy; one week backpacking in Cinque Terre and the other on a Study Group in Reggio Emilia.…
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Breckenridge to Aspen Hike Hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc with a baby
Your humble Tour du Mont Blanc hiker is featured in Backpacker Magazine
Just wanted to let you know that none other than little old me has a (tiny) feature in the May issue of Backpacker Magazine, in an article on how to make…
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Parenting
Top tips for flying with a baby (from one who’s flown more legs than she’s lived in months)
We’re back from Italy! We had an amazing time and over the next few weeks you’ll see several posts about our Cinque Terre hike as well as on what I learned…
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A friend of mine gave me a pile of books to read before Carys was born, and Vimala McClure’s Infant Massage: A handbook for loving parents (*affiliate link) was among them.…
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A few weeks ago I found 20 feet of plastic pipe on the side of the road when we were coming home from a hike. Having recently read Loose Parts:…
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Have you ever made a fantastic gift and thought “I can’t just send that out in a padded envelope with a bit of tissue paper around it”?…