Peer Relationships For the Six to Eight Year Old
I have fielded quite a few emails and questions from mothers in my community about this issue, so I finally thought it was time for a blog post on the subject! The question I get is from mothers who...
View ArticleHow To Best Support Your Child’s Development During The Six/Seven Year Change
From about five and a half onward, the six/seven year transformation is a time of change. It is can be an overwhelming but profound period for children. Children at this time are working out of not...
View ArticleOther Questions Parents Have About Six/Seven Year Developmental Change
Parents have many questions about the developmental leaps of the six/seven year old. A few key points for this age: They are quick, physical and not especially deep thinkers. If they are getting into...
View ArticleGuest Post On First Grade Readiness: A Comprehensive Look Through High School
(7/16/2011 – Comments on this post are now closed! Thank you for all your comments and questions!) Our guest post today comes from Donna Simmons of Christopherus Homeschool Resources...
View ArticleSpace: The Final Frontier In Parenting The Six/Seven Year Old
Space is the final frontier in parenting the six/seven year old as the child goes through a developmental leap during this time. Many attached and connected parents do so well in providing their...
View ArticleThe Six/Seven Change and Community
There was a very wise post this morning on the waldorfhomeeducators@yahoogroups.com list by list owner and veteran Waldorf teacher Marsha Johnson. You will the entire post for your reading pleasure...
View ArticleThe Melancholic Child–Ages 7 and Up
(This post is not meant to address children who are clinically depressed. Please speak to a health care professional if you feel your child is depressed). Then you should know exactly which...
View ArticleHow The Shy/Fearful Child Learns To Expand Their World
So, I have no research studies on this at all…this is from my own experience and observations in working with families who have had extremely shy and almost fearful children. I am not really talking...
View ArticleBoundaries
Friends, I have been hearing from a lot of you recently via email and many of you are struggling with boundaries in your lives. I am not a counselor, and I am not a psychologist, but I wanted to tell...
View ArticleAttachment And Individualization
I think as homeschooling families, one of our main goals is always the connection of the family and how we stay attached to each other in a society that sometimes doesn’t seem to value that at all....
View ArticleDevelopmental Fridays: Questions From the Field About the Seven-Year-Old
Some time ago, I asked on The Parenting Passageway Facebook page if parents had specific ideas for posts they would like to see and there were two questions about the seven-year-old. So, in honor of...
View ArticleHow To Best Support Your Child’s Development During The Six/Seven Year Change
From about five and a half onward, the six/seven year transformation is a time of change. It is can be an overwhelming but profound period for children. Children at this time are working out of not...
View ArticleOther Questions Parents Have About Six/Seven Year Developmental Change
Parents have many questions about the developmental leaps of the six/seven year old. A few key points for this age: They are quick, physical and not especially deep thinkers. If they are getting into...
View ArticleGuest Post On First Grade Readiness: A Comprehensive Look Through High School
(7/16/2011 – Comments on this post are now closed! Thank you for all your comments and questions!) Our guest post today comes from Donna Simmons of Christopherus Homeschool Resources...
View ArticleSpace: The Final Frontier In Parenting The Six/Seven Year Old
Space is the final frontier in parenting the six/seven year old as the child goes through a developmental leap during this time. Many attached and connected parents do so well in providing their...
View ArticleThe Six/Seven Change and Community
There was a very wise post this morning on the waldorfhomeeducators@yahoogroups.com list by list owner and veteran Waldorf teacher Marsha Johnson. You will the entire post for your reading pleasure...
View ArticleThe Melancholic Child–Ages 7 and Up
(This post is not meant to address children who are clinically depressed. Please speak to a health care professional if you feel your child is depressed). Then you should know exactly which...
View ArticleHow The Shy/Fearful Child Learns To Expand Their World
So, I have no research studies on this at all…this is from my own experience and observations in working with families who have had extremely shy and almost fearful children. I am not really talking...
View ArticleBoundaries
Friends, I have been hearing from a lot of you recently via email and many of you are struggling with boundaries in your lives. I am not a counselor, and I am not a psychologist, but I wanted to tell...
View ArticleAttachment And Individualization
I think as homeschooling families, one of our main goals is always the connection of the family and how we stay attached to each other in a society that sometimes doesn’t seem to value that at all....
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