Monthly Archives: August 2010

We Play… with Cardboard Blocks

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw A construction session with cardboard blocks… Wouldn’t be complete without an innocently dastardly two-year-old Trying your patience every sixty seconds. But of course…

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Astronomy, Brain Tricks, and Documenting Procedures

Well earlier this week was another one of those nights and, believe it or not, (ok, so it’s not so hard to believe) as I was driving home from a training and saw this awesome-looking moon, I could not wait

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Physical Excellence Friday: Water Rescue

“Our definition of Physical Excellence includes being able to solve any physical problem encountered during life. This may include saving one’s own life, or saving someone else’s.” -Douglas Doman, How to Teach Your Baby to Swim Our swimming goals for this summer

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We Play… with Leaves

Hunter and friend he met at a campground, making “leaf soup”. Which later turned into autumn-in-the-summer time leaf pile jumping. Followed by accompanying sticks which became swords, then guns. And a later adventures in the “jungle” getting the “bad guys”

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Socialized to Adulthood

“One of the great modern myths is that children need other children to become ‘socialized.’ The exact opposite is true. The notion that little children learn how to be civilized from being with each other has little to recommend it.

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