• Hearts and Minds Harmony Week Thinking 2022

    Understanding and EmbracingDiversityUniversal themes focussing on Homeand FamilyIs ‘home’ a place? A feeling? An idea?A person/ people?An old proverb says“Home is where the heart is.”Do you think this is true or false?Why?Habits of mind:MetacognitionListening with Empathy and Understanding Our Harmony…

  • Autumn – Changing Seasons and Changing Times – Our Story

    Our Themes: -Recognising, understanding, accepting and adapting to change -Empathy -Letting go Habits of Mind: -listening with empathy and understanding… devoting mental energy to another’s thoughts and ideas, making an effort to perceive another’s point of view and emotions. -gathering…

  • m is for mama… our painting

    See: What can you see in this painting? Let your child look slowly to observe the things that they could touch. What do they notice. Give them time and talk about ‘slow looking’. Think: When your child has talked about…

  • Dogs and Doughnuts: Puppies by Karl Reichert

    Talk About Art …Visual Thinking Strategies When we look at art with children we do it in stages. We obviously begin letting the child observe the painting. We talk about spending time with the painting and doing some ‘slow looking’…

  • Dogs and Doughnuts: Dinner Table Thinking

    Here’s a few tricky morsels of ideas for the family to discuss over dinner. Enjoy! Is the hole in the middle of a doughnut part of the doughnut if you can’t eat it? Can you dream a taste? Why don’t…

  • Start with Art Education

    Welcome to my world! I have been in Early Childhood Education for over 25 years, the last few years using stories, art, philosophy and Habits of Mind as the basis of my learning program. I’d like to share some ideas…