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Laura Alary wrote a new post, Here: The Dot We Call Home 2 years, 3 months ago
This is my home. I live here. But I am not the first…
When a child finds clues that others have lived in her house before her, she begins to wonder about them, and about those who will come after her. The mo […]
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Laura Alary wrote a new post, The Astronomer Who Questioned Everything: The Story of Maria Mitchell 2 years, 9 months ago
Maria longed to travel beyond her small island of Nantucket. But she wasn’t sure how. Her father taught her to look to the stars for guidance. If you knew how to read them, he said, the stars could tell you where […]
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Laura Alary wrote a new post, Sun in My Tummy 2 years, 9 months ago
How does a home-cooked breakfast give a little girl the energy she needs for a brand-new day? In gently expressive language, her mother takes readers on a journey into the earth where sleepy seeds are tickled […]
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Laura Alary updated new location at Scarborough, ON M1E 1A5, Canada 4 years, 10 months ago
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Laura Alary posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
I recently completed the DTJN course, Introduction to Montessori Cosmic Education. In the final quiz, I made reference to several programmes of religious education for children which use a method of learning generally known as “reflective engagement.” Jennifer thought this information might be helpful to others, so I share it here.
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Laura Alary is now a Contributing Member 8 years, 10 months ago
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Laura Alary replied to the topic Professional Development in Deep Time Education in the forum my forum new one 9 years, 2 months ago
Jennifer, reading through these principles made me wish I could become a child again and experience this sort of education. When I was eleven years old my class went on a field trip to a local park, where we sat with children from other schools around a large model of the sun, focused our senses on the earth beneath us, and heard about the…[Read more]
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Laura Alary is now a Contributing Member 9 years, 2 months ago
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Laura Alary wrote a new post, Mira and the Big Story 9 years, 2 months ago
Mira is a little girl who is sure she knows the truth about who her people are and how they came to live in their village in the river valley. She has been hearing the story her whole life long. But across the […]
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Laura Alary became a registered member 9 years, 3 months ago