Mar 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
The president of the Rocky Mountain Branch’s International Dyslexia Association (IDA) said something at her presentation at the Longmont library on Tuesday that has been percolating in my heart and mind these past few days: “A mom’s job is to make her child feel...
Mar 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
PART 3: Prepare, Propose & Plan You’ve prepared your agenda…or at least what you want to bring up in the parent-conference. Now starts the real dance. Propose: Marriage proposals tug at our heartstrings. By design, they launch us into a wondrous space...
Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here’s for more details….Prepare, Propose & Plan. Prepare: This is your time to be with your child’s teacher…to start building a collaborative relationship with him or her, and to find out things about your child that you do not know. Prior to the...
Feb 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Hmmm….Parent Teacher Conferences?? They appear to be straightforward and simple. You show up, ask a few questions, listen to the teacher, ideally review some of your child’s work. If you’re lucky, you already know your child’s teacher and really like him or...
Feb 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Anyone figure out yet how many acronyms it takes to educate a child? How many you know the meanings of, and don’t know the meanings of? How many you’d prefer to throw out the window, so that teachers talk to and with you when providing you with reports about...
Feb 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Dear Parents, How many acronyms does it take to educate a child? S.A.T.’s…I.E.P.’s… A.C.Ts? P.T.O.’s? I.L.P.s? Each industry has its own “industry talk,†and it’s important to “talk the talk†when conversing with someone in that field. ...
Feb 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Just after half-time in Sunday’s Super Bowl I started telling everyone in the room that there hadn’t been 1 turnover in the game. Both teams were playing mistake-free football. With such a close contest the difference between failure and success,...
Feb 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
I just found out that Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog, just saw his shadow and retreated back into his home for 6 more weeks of winter. It got me to thinking, “are you afraid of your own shadow too?” Being afraid of your own shadow means that you...
Jan 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
My husband bought me a gym membership for my birthday. There’s a hint of irony wrapped into the gift, as there’s little need for me to workout anywhere other than where I already do – our family’s Martial Arts school with a high-aerobic kickboxing class and...
Jan 25, 2010 | Latest News, Uncategorized
“You got to be tough or the world will get you.” I grew up hearing those words from my father over and over again. He’s a man of sayings. There was the lighthearted one, “you’re alright, half left, but all right”; the thankful one,...
