Many moms get all wrapped up in competing with each other whose baby/3 year-old/10 year-old/25 year-old does what at an earlier age…I have been working with kids pretty much all my life and from experience I know that they all develop at their own pace. They will do things when they are ready. We need [...]
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Let kids be themselves, as opposed to trying to mold them into who you want them to be
Posted in Books, Coaching, Life, Raising a multilingual child, Ski School, Thoughts, tagged baby, children, Children First, Coaching, coaching kids, family, Life, multilingual, multiple languages, parenting, Penelope Leach, your children are not your children on March 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Children see. Children do.
Posted in Coaching, Education, Life, Thoughts on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A powerful video that speaks for itself: Children see. Children do.
Back to Ski School!
Posted in Coaching, Ski School, Whistler, tagged Coaching, coaching 3-4 year olds, coaching kids, local ski school programs, Ski School, Whistler, Whistler ski school on December 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just realized how much I REALLY REALLY love my job!!! I thought it was going to be super hard to leave I. and go take care of other people’s kids.
I realize how much our daughter changes in 24 hours when I don’t see her all day…
Posted in Coaching, Language Development, Life, Raising a multilingual child, Trilingual, Words, tagged baby, back to work after baby, children, Coaching, coaching 3-4 year olds, family, multilingual, multiple languages, parenting, raising our child trilingual, second language acquisition, teaching skiing to 3-4 year olds, three languages, Trilingual on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, my God, my work-week has already gone by…just like that, in the blink of an eye. I’ve got two classes of 3-4 year old little ankle biters. 5 little guys per class, one class comes Mondays and Wednesdays and one Tuesdays and Thursdays. They are all doing great for their first week, starting to [...]
Breathe – How changing your energy inside can help you solve challenging situations
Posted in Coaching, Life, Our days with our daughter, Raising a multilingual child, Thoughts, tagged adhd, children, Coaching, coaching kids, coaching situations, energy, energy flow, family, parenting, the art of disciplining children on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Below I describe three independent circumstances where kids taught me about the power I have over my energy inside (one babysitting and two coaching situations): 1. I was babysitting I. and her little friend F. For some reason after their naps both girls ended up somehow conjuring up a cranky environment while I was doing [...]
The Power of a Child
Posted in Coaching, Life, Poems, Raising a multilingual child, Thoughts, tagged poem about kids, the power of a child on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this poem a few years back, before I had my daughter. I wrote it as a result of my experience working with kids. And now more than ever, I see the truth in my observations. The Power of a Child
Early childhood educators whether in sports, an academic setting or at home, are the key to our future
Posted in Coaching, Life, Thoughts, tagged 3-4 year olds in sports, coaching kids, develop character, discipline, early childhood education, edging skills, ethics, Level 1 instructor, parallel skiing, politically correct, psychology, responsibilities, sports, Valley Kids Program, VKP on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have it all backwards…why do inexperienced coaches always end up teaching the younger kids?
