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This is a terrific book. I did several projects right in my kitchen.
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Age and Youth in Action
Judith Peck, Ed.D. The dry leaf leaps across the white frozen surface born by a breeze like the brilliant ideas galloping in my head. But then it stops. Is this to collect itself, in need of another push or buried … Continue reading
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Being Nice
Judith Peck, Ed.D. We Should Try It More Often. Such a blah word, “nice”: a simple, ignorable state of being; a disposition to take little note of; belongs in the category of elevator music. Being nice to your spouse of … Continue reading
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Serenity in Babyhood
Judith Peck, Ed.D. Serenity in a baby occurs when she has no need to focus on her nagging innards. She is then free to perceive the outside world, explore it and begin to make those important neural brain connections. But … Continue reading
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Falling in Love
Judith Peck, Ed.D. Fall is what we do with love relationships, like trip or stumble, or roll head over heels; something precarious. It felt like an accident, surely something I didn’t plan on. Well, he was interesting; not a boring … Continue reading
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Getting Started Creatively
Judith Peck, Ed.D. How to get started creatively in the morning, to start in on the stuff no one else cares about? You feel despicable and cannot stand yourself. Needless to say you have other things that must be done. … Continue reading
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In learning, imagination trumps concentration for young kids
In young kids, concentration should not be sought as the first step in learning; concentration is pouring over loot that has been brought back to the lair of a child’s mind by that artful, eager scavenger, imagination. Consider this scenario: … Continue reading
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Attitude is Everything
Attitude is everything. I recently had a mouse in the house, obviously seeking refuge from the cold. I couldn’t bear to guillotine traditional mousetrap nor could I figure out how to set the “Have a Heart” trap with peanut butter … Continue reading
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In Young Children Imagination Precedes Concentration
In young kids concentration should not be sought as the first step in learning; concentration is pouring over loot that has been brought back to the lair of a child’s mind by that artful, eager scavenger, imagination. Consider this scenario: … Continue reading
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Kirkus Review of Seeing in the Dark, Arielle’s Story
TITLE INFORMATION SEEING IN THE DARK Arielle’s Story Peck, Judith Wasteland Press (438 pp.) $19.95 paperback, $9.99 e-book ISBN: 978-1600476426; January 2, 2012 BOOK REVIEW A painfully honest, moving family saga—and first novel—by sculptor, professor, and multigenre author Peck (Sculpture … Continue reading
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Smart Starts in the Arts — Begin in Babyhood
As a parent of a newborn baby you can put the arts to good use, not with the intent of creating an artist but to stimulate perceptions of sight, sound, touch and smell, to connect early experiences with cognition, to … Continue reading
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