Watching educational videos about some curious topics. Playing with bare hands in a muddy paddle for hours. Asking for an audiobook during a long and boring car trip. Listening to the sound of browsing through book pages in a dark room. Repeating difficult words while jumping all around the place. There is no wrong way… Read More Understanding Your Child’s Cognitive Style
How do you see your ideal travel companion through education? What should a modern teacher be like? How would you like him to be? With passion and fortitude – the ingredients that today’s teacher we, as a family on the spectrum, would like to have and are joyful if we are lucky enough to meet… Read More A Travel Companion Through Life Learning Ocean
We live in a ‘special‘ era. Today’s young people have everything at their fingertips, as a result of which the incentive to conquer what they want (or would like) to achieve is lost. Unfortunately, all this is often strengthened by the unrestrained consent of parents who are convinced of the ‘satisfaction’ of their children being… Read More Education – Single Responsibility or Responsible Collaboration?
Difficult, stubborn or just knowing what he wants and consistently pursuing his goal? What really lies at the heart of an uncompromising run towards a target and what is the driving force behind this process? Why it is often seen as a character trait and a ‘state of mind’ that is even undesirable and is… Read More Be in Control vs. Instructional Control
As it usually happens at this time of year, I come back to you with my standard slogan: “give words, no plastic”. A particularly important topic of our time, in the age of ecological crisis, a book given to a loved one is one of the best eco-trendy gesture that can be made to our… Read More Top 10+ Books – Best Xmas Gift Ideas
First autumnal runny noses and persistent cough is ready to break your comfy November nights down. Especially if a child is a kindergarten mate, there are lots of children that are send to the day care anyway, even if they have obvious symptoms of a well-known rhinitis. Short days and icy evenings will probably make… Read More Autumnal Anti-Cold Superfoods Must!
What is the aging process, ageism phenomenon and why I decided to make a point about it? Why is it in our great interest to prepare a curriculum regarding age to educate our children starting as early as preschool kids. The ‘ageism’ derived from established social norms regarding age, is based on the formulation that… Read More Aging and Ageism
There are still lots of countries, societies where having a disability or having someone disabled in the family is seen as a huge disgrace and cause of enormous embarrassment. For that reason often parents pretend to not notice anything strange in their kids’ functioning, ignoring the very first signs of neurodiversity, looking the other way.… Read More Detecting First Autism Signs – Age, Features, Variations
I frequently think how is it possible and how come it doesn’t bother me anymore? From ‘unbearable’ to ‘be fine with it’ there is a big canyon that runs widely and deeply enough to make this discomfort doubtfully qualifying for disappearance in the haze of not giving a freaking heck. It doesn’t mean I do… Read More Quirks of the Spectrum
We hope you had a wonderful summer with your family, full of fun moments and beautiful memories. As we transition into September and prepare for the new school year, it’s a good time to check in with yourself: how are you feeling, what have you been thinking about lately, are there certain stressors in your… Read More Back to School: 5 Holistic Health Tips