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The School Issue - Preschool - Can the Right Kinds... →

“At the heart of the Tools of the Mind methodology is a simple but surprising idea: that the key to developing self-regulation is play, and lots of it. But not just any play. The necessary ingredient is what Leong and Bodrova call “mature dramatic play”: complex, extended make-believe scenarios, involving multiple children and lasting for hours, even days. If you want to succeed in school...

Sep 28th

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The Ultimate Productivity Blog →

Sep 24th

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White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile... →

“The Obama administration plans to announce on Thursday that it will scrap former President George W. Bush’s planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic and instead deploy a reconfigured system aimed more at intercepting shorter-range Iranian missiles, according to people familiar with the plans.” “But it made for unfortunate timing, coming on the 70th...

Sep 17th

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Fart Proudly →

Sep 16th

Sep 13th

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Sep 13th

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Sep 12th

Is America Coming Apart? « Patrick J. Buchanan →

“One part of America loves her history, another reviles it as racist, imperialist and genocidal. Old heroes like Columbus, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee are replaced by Dr. King and Cesar Chavez.”

Sep 12th

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Anne Riding her bike on Vimeo (via Vimeo) Anne got this bike for her birthday in February, but she is only now tall enough to reach the pedals. So we go on bike rides every now and then.

Sep 12th