Category: parenting

Patience, graciousness and emotional shortcircuits

Yesterday I lost my patience  Today I saw this tweet by Jesse Stommel on how patience is pedagogical (check out the whole

Reaction to Let’s Play on Ceebeebies

So my kid discovered this show on YouTube a couple days ago. It’s kinda cool. It is called Let’s Play, where each

Little Things That Can Spoil a Great Book

So I’m reading this awesome book to my child, one that’s about a successful female (love these books!). And there&

Keynoting with a Child #OER17

This post started as an explanation of something for others and ended up as a self-reflection on the anxieties of a mom doing

Talking to Kids About the Tough Stuff

So this is a request for resources or stories please.  What are your recommendations for talking to kids (mine is 5.5 so

Mr. MEN Re-write Assignment 

So I got an assignment idea for this semester for my educational game design module. I am increasingly focusing less on game d

Imagining and Visualizing Little Miss Open and Mr. Open #openlearning17 #oer17

I have been doing a lot of reading and thinking ahead of #oer17 but what I am reading MOST are books to my little kid each nig

If You Need Me Between 4 and 10pm…

If you need me between 4 and 10pm…and you aren’t my little kid, you gotta know… That’s her time. 

On Noticing Absence (also #OER17)

These days I am thinking a LOT about noticing absence. This is inspired by 3 things: a quote from a book, my child’s res

An Open Letter to My Kid’s Teacher on Homework

I actually wrote an Arabic version of this for my kid’s Arabic teacher. Dear Teacher  I know you care about my chil