Social Emotional

A happy child will be a happy learner. If your kid’s happy-meter is not as high as you’d like, maybe it’s time to slow down and focus on their emotional needs before going full force with the academics.

Free Time Social Emotional

Online Friends: Are You For Real?

August 10, 2015October 22, 2018 Tracy Chatters friendship, online, Tracy Chatters

Back in the olden days when my Internet connection was dial-up, few people were discussing online friends. In the basements

Gifted Social Emotional

7 Signs of Perfectionism in Children

May 18, 2015March 7, 2017 alessa perfectionism

I never thought of myself as a perfectionist until I got to college. I grew up hearing many messages about

Personal Musings Social Emotional

There Be Dragons

September 25, 2014October 17, 2015 alessa imagination

I’ve had my share of tough homeschooling requests – like a certain 10-year old who wanted to build a working

Gifted Social Emotional

Retiring Special Friends

August 1, 2014October 17, 2015 alessa friendship

True story. I spent one winter holiday in Italy with my father’s family, while my parents went on a vacation

Gifted Personal Musings Social Emotional

Calling In Well

July 19, 2014October 17, 2015 alessa gifted, NPGCW, SENG, social-emotional

Back before I had kids, I read Tom Robbins’ novels. They were filled full of characters who thought and lived

Life Happens

Sometimes life comes along and hijacks your best laid curricular plans. That can be a good thing.

Everyday learning happens - sometimes beginning with the most innocent question.

Follow your child's whimsy.
Ask good questions.
Go for a walk.
Listen.
Get Messy.
Laugh.
Explore.
Debate.

Above all else, have fun.