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reading learning all the time by john holt

October 27th, 2008
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9/7/2008
Chris picked this book up the other day. As usual, I’ll post when I’ve gotten into it (or finished it) and when I have some time. For now though, this quote of Holt’s from the editor’s foreword caught my eye.
Learning, to me, means making more sense of the world around us, and being able to [...]

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raising your spirited child by mary sheedy kurcinka

May 20th, 2008
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As of late, our four-year-old son seems to be reasserting his personality. That’s a nice way of saying he’s been really stubborn lately, intense, highly-emotional, and has had some difficulty dealing with all this emotion (read: tantrums). Needless to say, this has been a little challenging for all of us. Chris learned of this book, [...]

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