Cloth Diapers
Does anyone remember the joy of folding diapers–no I’m serious? Warm and clean from the dryer, all that was expected of you was to lift...
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Promoting Early Childhood Intelligence and Joyful Interactions
The book, Smart Starts in the Arts: Fostering Intelligence, Creativity and Serenity in the Early Years by Judith Peck, Ed.D., offers practical ways to promote...
Age and Youth in Action
The dry leaf leaps across the white frozen surface born by a breeze like the brilliant ideas galloping in my head. But then it...
Being Nice
We Should Try It More Often. Such a blah word, “nice”: a simple, ignorable state of being; a disposition to take little note of; belongs...
Serenity in Babyhood
Serenity in a baby occurs when she has no need to focus on her nagging innards. She is then free to perceive the outside world,...
Falling in Love
Fall is what we do with love relationships, like trip or stumble, or roll head over heels; something precarious. It felt like an accident, surely...
Getting Started Creatively
How to get started creatively in the morning, to start in on the stuff no one else cares about? You feel despicable and cannot stand...
In learning, imagination trumps concentration for young kids
In young kids, concentration should not be sought as the first step in learning; concentration is pouring over loot that has been brought back to...
Attitude is Everything
Attitude is everything. I recently had a mouse in the house, obviously seeking refuge from the cold. I couldn’t bear to guillotine traditional mousetrap nor...
In Young Children Imagination Precedes Concentration
In young kids concentration should not be sought as the first step in learning; concentration is pouring over loot that has been brought back to...
Kirkus Review of Seeing in the Dark, Arielle’s Story
TITLE INFORMATION SEEING IN THE DARK Arielle’s Story Peck, Judith Wasteland Press (438 pp.) $19.95 paperback, $9.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1600476426; January 2, 2012 BOOK REVIEW...
Smart Starts in the Arts — Begin in Babyhood
As a parent of a newborn baby you can put the arts to good use, not with the intent of creating an artist but to...