Growing Together Blog Archives

May 22, 2011 Lesley Romanoff

A Parent Cooperative. Everything I Need.

Signatures tucked away and hidden under freshly painted and repaired baseboards. A carefully engineered rain drainage system buried under 10 tons of specially-selected and shipped sand in the sandpit. Gentle and informed support during difficult times. We leave our marks, we shape and care deeply for the environment, we take care of each other.

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November 7, 2010 Lesley Romanoff

Back to the Basics

Teachers challenge themselves to find new ways to teach and new materials to offer children. That is an important process. Teachers are open to sharing and adopting ideas. We may lose sight of the “why” we did something in the first place. A teacher considers this as she looks at one “regular” activity in her classroom.

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June 30, 2010 Lesley Romanoff

The Power of Words, Making Ideas Evident

Bias may be strengthened by outside influences or our own misgivings and misconceptions as we make sense of ourselves. It can also be addressed and even eliminated in early childhood as we place value on the power of words.

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