Katherine Paterson

a lovely interview with Katherine Paterson made by her son
at O kids reading list
the image is from the film made after her book
Bridge to Terabithia



JP: In a lot of your speeches, you have given Dad a lot of credit for being one of the greatest influences on you as a writer. I mean, I like Dad and everything, but how does that work?

KP: Well, I was growing up in the '50s where proper women stayed home, had children and didn't do anything but take care of the house, the children and be loving wives. Your father, when he asked me to marry him, said, "I know you're a very strong woman with your own gifts, and I am not going to stop you, so I will help you." And he didn't know he was creating a Frankenstein monster, but he's always stood by that and has always helped me. And he's always stood by me and has been my biggest cheerleader.

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Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!

Room for Children: Stylish Spaces for Sleep and Play

http://remodelista.com/products/room-for-children-stylish-spaces-for-sleep-and-play-hardcover

Norah Jones Sings "Don't Know Why" on Sesame Street

Adventure Playgrounds

Berkeley’s Adventure Playground is one of a handful of playgrounds in the United States based on a concept that grew in popularity after World War II. During the Nazi occupation of Denmark, the landscape architect C. Th. Sørensen created a new playground with whatever junk was available. It turned out, that’s exactly what kids like. “The simplicity of the concept is still startling,” writes Susan Solomon. read more

My name is Dan Meyer and I like to teach.

http://blog.mrmeyer.com/

the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family

Bowen family systems theory is a theory of human behavior that views the family as an emotional unit and uses systems thinking to describe the complex interactions in the unit. It is the nature of a family that its members are intensely connected emotionally. Often people feel distant or disconnected from their families, but this is more feeling than fact. Family members so profoundly affect each other's thoughts, feelings, and actions that it often seems as if people are living under the same "emotional skin." People solicit each other's attention, approval, and support and react to each other's needs, expectations, and distress. The connectedness and reactivity make the functioning of family members interdependent. A change in one person's functioning is predictably followed by reciprocal changes in the functioning of others. Families differ somewhat in the degree of interdependence, but it is always present to some degree.

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Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

paper leaf lamp

this retro book from the 70's inspired
us to decorate our Ikea lamp
it took around 20 min. from the picking the leafs in the garden to taping them inside the lamp - and the kids 'woooooooo' when the light went on...

haleluya! our firsts baby birds[9!!] in the tree

glen!!