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AUG
2013
AUG
2013
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Why we care so much about maple syrup
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Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, manage and communicate feelings.
At Hanna Perkins Center, emotional intelligence is regarded as a key to happiness and success in life. We’re not alone in this.
Earlier this spring, Richard Boyatzis – a highly regarded professor at Case Western Reserve University – offered a free online class called Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence. According to The Plain Dealer, more than 65,000 people registered to take it.
The ...
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14
MAY
2013
MAY
2013
Spring in the school garden
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This article was previously published, and has been updated to reflect the latest events.
We work so hard to protect the innocence of early childhood in our family’s microcosm: Be gentle with the kitty. Put the cap back on your marker. Water the flower a little — not too much — so it can keep growing. Walk around the wriggly worms on the rainy day’s sidewalk.
All the tiny nuances of awareness that ...
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16
APR
2013
APR
2013
Cabin fever: 2-way feelings about winter
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Talking with children about school violence
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From the Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood
Published 2009
Worrisome events like school violence are terribly upsetting to all of us. It’s hard enough for adults to make sense of such horrific events; just imagine how difficult it is for children to wrap their minds around concepts like violence, evil and death. Children react in individual ways to scary events depending upon their age and psychological makeup. To help them understand frightening real-life events, such as school violence, wars, terrorist strikes, ...
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16
DEC
2012
DEC
2012
Bringing in the harvest from the garden
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Hanna Perkins’ community garden and learning garden are overflowing, and the harvest is coming in. The photo above is a small sampling of the fresh produce picked over the Labor Day Weekend.
The community garden is overseen by staff member Laura Cyrocki. For information about available garden plots, contact Laura by e-mail.
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9
OCT
2012
OCT
2012