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Olive and Impulses
Michelle
Olive and Impulses
Michelle

Even grown-ups act impulsively. Our growing awareness of these behaviors, a lot of practice and a good dose of self-forgiveness, go a long way towards mastering these impulses. Admonition, “That’s not okay,” for example, may not be that helpful.

Michelle
Big and Powerful
Jocelyn
Big and Powerful
Jocelyn

I cast the kids as powerful giants in a land of vulnerable little creatures. We humans can dominate, when we so choose.

Jocelyn
Holding Our Values
Jocelyn
Holding Our Values
Jocelyn

We work day by day to enact our shared ideals about valuing and prioritizing child led play, connecting with nature, trusting children as the drivers of their learning, within the structure of a loving community. We listen to the kids, both through their words and through their behavior. We respond, support flowing into the space where it’s needed, and then giving them room when they can stand on their own two feet.

Jocelyn
Enacting Our Mission
Mission, Jocelyn
Enacting Our Mission
Mission, Jocelyn

In revisiting our mission statement this week, as we move into a new era, I read something new that had never occurred to me before. In the past I had emphasized the terms, “child-directed”, “social emotional development”, and “conflict resolution”, and that has served me well in recreating the mission on the ground in our classrooms each day. But this time, as I read, there was a different part that stood out, as if in bold print, for the first time.

Mission, Jocelyn
Cottage Speak
Jocelyn
Cottage Speak
Jocelyn

Among the most distinctive aspects of being a part of the Cottage community is the way we talk to each other, and we call it Cottage Speak.

Jocelyn
Stories of Resilience
Jocelyn
Stories of Resilience
Jocelyn

My daughter loves to hear stories of terrible fates befalling people and animals. Dog bites, broken bones, illnesses, car crashes, and pet deaths are all favorite topics. She asks to hear them over and over, many stories in succession.

Jocelyn
The Cottage Way
Jocelyn
The Cottage Way
Jocelyn

You know, one of our Cottage-speak catch phrases is “the Cottage way”. I used it in another post, without further explanation, because we are cultural insiders here.  Families use it all the time at debrief and in our surveys, to indicate whether or not something was in line with our collective philosophy. 

Jocelyn
Teaching Consent
Jocelyn
Teaching Consent
Jocelyn

Twenty years ago, when I was a Gender Studies major, long before my children were born, I had already started thinking about the great honor and responsibility of teaching my kids, daughters and sons, about consent.

Jocelyn
The Right Kind of Help
Jocelyn
The Right Kind of Help
Jocelyn

Kids ask for help many times a day, for all kinds of reasons. Sometimes the task they need to do is too physically difficult for them to manage at the age and stage they are,  like putting doll clothes over stiff little doll arms,  or manipulating scissors to cut paper.

Jocelyn
The Lesson I’m Still Learning
Jocelyn
The Lesson I’m Still Learning
Jocelyn

The other day, my kids and I were at a friend’s house. My daughter came to sit at the table and eat a snack while the other kids were playing. After a minute, a child who lives there came up behind her, furious, glaring over her unknowing shoulder. We adults saw the problem.

Jocelyn

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