Sadie had such a serious look on her face when Steve and I pulled out of Glasgow Street to go back to Colorado. We will miss you SweetPea. We will come back soon.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Sadie says Goodbye
Sadie had such a serious look on her face when Steve and I pulled out of Glasgow Street to go back to Colorado. We will miss you SweetPea. We will come back soon.
A Wild Walk on the Beach
Hey there Sadie,Here we go....a trip down the beach. A beautiful day for a walk with Steve, Katherine, Sadie and the BOB. Coffee and lunch at Pannikins and shopping at the Carlsbad Quilt shop on the last day it was open with 50% off sales. So much California fun. I can't wait until you can run unhindered down the beach and collect rocks and sea shells and jump in puddles with the wind in your hair and many dogs following you. I think you may be a dog whisperer or maybe a violin player. Ha.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
7. Teach your children to be safe. This can be done very gently the first time and more forceful when they don't get it. Fire, street safety, the whole stranger thing, walking between parked cars, swimming pools, mountain lions, bears, snakes, spiders, are just a beginning to the long list of things that need to be taught.
8. Children need to learn water safety. Go with them to swim. Enroll them in lessons. It is better that you don't teach them yourself. Watch them around all water. They need the competition of group lessons with friends if possible. Katherine taught me: "Never turn your back on the Ocean."
9. Foals are taught Imprint Training. It is a good lesson for children too. In this training a foal is touched everywhere, ears, feet, eyes, nose, all along their back, belly, legs, etc. This is a safety for when the horse is grown and can be dangerous if it is spooked. Your child will know that she is loved by the way you touch her. Remember that they will grow, possibly bigger and stronger than you are. (I know---this is hard to imagine.)
10. It really is OK to let them cry. (For a very short period of time.)
11. Remember gerbils are rodents. (Just had to ad that.)
Continued: More to follow, if, I still have readers.
8. Children need to learn water safety. Go with them to swim. Enroll them in lessons. It is better that you don't teach them yourself. Watch them around all water. They need the competition of group lessons with friends if possible. Katherine taught me: "Never turn your back on the Ocean."
9. Foals are taught Imprint Training. It is a good lesson for children too. In this training a foal is touched everywhere, ears, feet, eyes, nose, all along their back, belly, legs, etc. This is a safety for when the horse is grown and can be dangerous if it is spooked. Your child will know that she is loved by the way you touch her. Remember that they will grow, possibly bigger and stronger than you are. (I know---this is hard to imagine.)
10. It really is OK to let them cry. (For a very short period of time.)
11. Remember gerbils are rodents. (Just had to ad that.)
Continued: More to follow, if, I still have readers.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Here are some of the things that I know about children:
1. When a child is met with a rebuke it sets the child back. A cruel word, a slap, a rude push, even sarcasm, can stop learning for a brief time. Depending on how severe the rebuke is will set the time it takes to recover. Some children will stop learning forever when bad things happen.
2. Children have amazing minds. You must listen to what they have to say. Often they know more than you do. Children are in tuned to spirits that adults are not privileged to.
3. They need to draw every day. Eye-hand coordination is learned faster. You can not teach them to draw. When I was teaching, I always told my students that I could not see into their heads and I had no idea what they saw or what they were thinking. Children actually think sometimes that adults know what they are thinking. So this was always an enlightenment for them that I could not read their minds. This I know: Art can not be taught. Tell them to look and always draw their own dreams.
4. Children need to be held and touched in a loving manner. They need their backs rubbed and feet rubbed and fingers held and faces kissed.
5. Laughter and play and reading and sunshine are very important also. Being outside a good part of the day should be a requirement of the school system. Turn off the TV. Go outside.
6. Teach them what you know and what is important to you.
MORE LATER...............
1. When a child is met with a rebuke it sets the child back. A cruel word, a slap, a rude push, even sarcasm, can stop learning for a brief time. Depending on how severe the rebuke is will set the time it takes to recover. Some children will stop learning forever when bad things happen.
2. Children have amazing minds. You must listen to what they have to say. Often they know more than you do. Children are in tuned to spirits that adults are not privileged to.
3. They need to draw every day. Eye-hand coordination is learned faster. You can not teach them to draw. When I was teaching, I always told my students that I could not see into their heads and I had no idea what they saw or what they were thinking. Children actually think sometimes that adults know what they are thinking. So this was always an enlightenment for them that I could not read their minds. This I know: Art can not be taught. Tell them to look and always draw their own dreams.
4. Children need to be held and touched in a loving manner. They need their backs rubbed and feet rubbed and fingers held and faces kissed.
5. Laughter and play and reading and sunshine are very important also. Being outside a good part of the day should be a requirement of the school system. Turn off the TV. Go outside.
6. Teach them what you know and what is important to you.
MORE LATER...............
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