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Parents Building Community
Arriving at school one day, a girl pointed to another child and told her mother, “She’s a baby. She doesn’t know how to talk.” The mom,...
Susie Kohl
May 293 min read


Looking Back On the School Year
Our wonderful elementary and chorus teacher Laura White has just published a sequel to her inspiring children’s book Our Class Needs You...
Susie Kohl
May 292 min read


First Graders Step Into Storybook Worlds With Book Character Day Project
When the end of the school year rolls around and the spotlight turns to the fifth grade play, we pause the weekly drama classes for the...
Meher School Community
May 193 min read


Coping With Change
Our classrooms are buzzing with the energy of students anticipating end-of-the-year parties as well as the move to a new class or school....
Susie Kohl
May 153 min read


Celebrating Mothers
We have to set aside a day every year to thank mothers because they so rarely stop to thank themselves. Whether they become mothers by...
Susie Kohl
May 82 min read


Listening to Children
Magda Gerber, human development pioneer and author of Your Confident Baby , first witnessed an adult’s profound respect for a child when...
Susie Kohl
May 13 min read


Books: Expanding Our Awareness
The fifth grade play this year, based on another original script by Judith Nielsen, depicts a dramatic period in Bay Area history, the...
Susie Kohl
Apr 253 min read


Avoiding Labels
I was so grateful that a father took time recently to email me about his hope that his daughter wouldn’t be labeled as shy the way he was...
Susie Kohl
Apr 173 min read
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