Month: June 2013

Frederick

This beloved mouse has always bothered me.

There’s something about Leo Lionni’s beloved children’s book, Frederick, that has always bothered me.  Frederick is the classic story of a mouse who is a dreamer and a poet.  A mouse who is different from all the rest of the field mice.

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Sometimes it's hard to tell what people are saying - there's so much nothing being said.

As parents, we’re all English teachers. Our kids learn the sound and rhythm of language from day one, and we enhance it – mostly unknowingly – every day since.

Naps versus Math

Good sleep beats out math lessons in my book.

My kid’s a napper.  Still, at age 5, he collapses daily for a serious, 2-hour long, snoozing, sustaining nap. His bedtime is 8pm, but still he NAPS. Next year he’ll be facing full-day kindergarten, where the schedule doesn’t include rest time on little mats anymore.