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Here is a fun idea for parents to do with their young artists. When I was a young preschool teacher my assistant, Jennifer Cacaiomo, would pick an artist of the month and display their work around the room. We would talk about the artists at circle times and snack times. We would talk about the different mediums - watercolors, chalk, paints, prints, pen and ink etc. We would offer different opportunities for the children to use these same mediums. Parents you are not a cla

Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash “Everyone needs to see their specialness reflected back to them in the eyes of others in order to see it themselves.” Dr. Helen Reiss Recently my Tuesday night Parenting group explored the concept of empathy and parenting. Empathy is powerful and crucial in the development of children who will have healthy emotional intelligence - the ability to contain and maintain their emotions which in turn leads to the ability to positively resolve