LifeWalking With MySelf
Since I last wroteโฆ RONA arrived at our placeโฆ The Teal Wave and Greenslide crashed into Australian parlanceโฆand Iโve had to rebalance (literally)!
International Day of People with Disability
Questioning my limits, abilities and disabilities. My ongoing invitation to authentic, open-hearted conversation about lifeโs real big stuff.
Re-Entry Stress, the Let-down effect and Term 4
The rollercoaster continues - Melbourne breathes a sigh of relief as lockdown ending is announcedโฆ. and I know Iโm not alone in feeling the complexity and associated stresses of re-entry.
The future, fears and an outbreath
Iโm beached!! Ramblings of a tired fellow traveller, heading for an outbreath before facing the future and return to the outside world again.
Being Ourselves in the Toughest Times
When times are tough it can feel so hard to be ourselves. Butโฆ how can we be anything else?!!
Struggle - and Lockdown in Melbourne AGAIN!
So Melbourne, here we are in lockdown again and with our kids learning from home. In todayโs post, I share a few of my thoughts as a parent, educator and whole-self living parent.
Being the Parent you want to be - LIVING your values
In this post, written last week, I reflect on living your values as a parent. Better late than never!
Perfection and Gingerbread House Learning
I love cooking with children for all the wonderful learning opportunities it creates.
Magic Powers!
You know the magic of โthe not parentโ? Itโs that magical power which gets your children willingly doing things that other people tell them to do! Iโve got that magical powerโฆ but only with YOUR children, not my own.
All about STEAM in the Virtual Village
This term a small group of passionate, creative and inspiring young people have been meeting Wednesdays 4-5:15 for STEAM Club. A beautiful email exchange between Dr Greg Giannis, our awesome STEAM Club facilitator and one of the parents highlights exactly what STEAM (or STEM) is all about. So I asked them if theyโd mind if I shared it with you. Being generous Virtual Village members they said yes!
Maternal Mental Health, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness
This week is Perinatal Mental Health Week and I wanted to spotlight the importance of support for families experiencing loss.
Back to School!
How are you feeling about the kids returning to IRL school tomorrow (if you're in that position)?
Probably pretty elated! We're long overdue for some time and space where we're not juggling all the balls, all the time all at once.
Possibly a little bit of anxiety about how they might deal with it, about them staying safe and feeling safe, and tending to all the things that school requires.
And for some parents, they might actually feel quite torn because they've really enjoyed the new found rhythms of lockdown life and home based schooling.
Wow! Holiday Joy
It's hard for me to describe the joy and excitement that I've witnessed this week as I've been invited into Victorian family homes. Brought together in a virtual village, through the amazing potential of technology, we have indeed imagined, connected and created.
Pausing to Really See Our Children
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐ง?
It's so tough to do when we're so stretched and under resourced in lockdown in Melbourne right now. And yet this morning I was reminded of how important it is.
Are your kids Zoomed out?
Today I'm going to share some of my thoughts on why younger learners (aged 5-8) will happily spend hours on screens for leisure, but you have to drag them to their live school sessions and school work, at the end of a long term of remote learning.
A hint: Itโs about student engagement in online learning and teachers not just trying to replicate their physical classrooms online.
9 Simple Ways to help yourself on RU OK day
Today is RU Okay day, and I want to give a huge shout out to ALL the amazing parents who are part of the Virtually There Village.