By Bernadette Nicholas “What is the difference between a space and a place?” This was the first question with which I was confronted on a Saturday morning as I sat in a workshop discussing classroom design. It was a question to which I hadn’t given much thought previously, but in hearing the juxtaposition of “space” [...]
By Sara Zacuto
"I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive."
~Joseph Campbell
By Rebecca Sadler
“With children, it is the joint moments of delight that build the social brain."
~Mariah Moser
"When we teach our children to "be nice" instead of self-aware – which means, self-directed, self-governed, self-boundaried – we teach them that it is more important to be in a relationship, than it is to be true to oneself."
~Shefali Tsabary
By Sara Zacuto
"Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen."
~Brene Brown
Guest post by Kelsie Castro
“Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.”
- Paramahansa Yoganandya
I'll be perfectly clear and say that I have no intention of answering this question...I don't think there is a definitive answer. It is a question we ponder with children often in our school. One way that children ask each other to play is by using the language "wanna be my friend?" But what do [...]
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