The Power of Your Words

Frame

I was inspired by a newsletter I received from Scout Wilkins a gorgeous soul who’s web statement reads “embark on your grandest adventure, clear the doubt & follow your heart”…what a message! The title of the newsletter was “The Massive Power of your Language” – the premise of the article was that our unconscious mind is listening and [...]

Artful education of boys

Web MD magazine in the March-April 2011 Edition had a fantastic article in the “Parenting Matters” section titled “The sexes really do learn differently…” The key paragraph for me is in the second column… “A greater part of the cerebral cortex* of boys’ brains, on the other hand, is dedicated to spatial and mechanical functioning. [...]

Draw me a…

Most parents have had one of those moments where children are facing a blank page, and turn to you and ask “Can you draw me an (insert really difficult thing here) please”. Now you may be one of the 81% of people who wishes they were more creative, or one of the lucky few who [...]

Perfect Art

When I had the ARTrox Imagination Station most children would come in, and after a little bit of shyness embrace the messy glue, glitters, shapes and punches with gusto.  But there were always a few children who really struggled with their work not being ‘perfect’. I had heard about these children from other mothers and [...]