Celebrating four years!

May 29, 2018

Celebrating four years!

Day-to-day, Lavender, Photos by, Photos by Gentri, Preschool, Seedling, Seedling-Lavender

Laura leads Seedling-Lavender circle for a student birthday celebration! At Astra Day School, students bring in pictures from all stages of their development to share with friends on their birthdays. And they get to wear the school birthday hat!

March 31, 2014

Wise words: Wittgenstein

Day-to-day, Wise Words

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1922

March 24, 2014

Wise words: Maria Montessori

Day-to-day, Wise Words

“Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.” — Maria Montessori

March 9, 2014

Wise words: Fred Keller

Day-to-day, Wise Words

“I learned one very important thing: the student is always right. He is not asleep, not unmotivated, not sick, and he can learn a great deal if we provide the right contingencies of reinforcement. But if we don’t provide them, and provide them soon, he too may be inspired to […]

March 3, 2014

Wise words:

Day-to-day, Wise Words

Wise words to warm your cold Monday morning! “The child begins to practice with respect to himself the same forms of behavior that others formerly practiced with respect to him.” Lev Vygotsky, 1966

February 27, 2014

It’s all about language!

Day-to-day, Wise Words

Our beloved friend and intellectual mentor Betty Hart and the brilliant and eloquent Dr. Todd Risley taught us (decades ago) about the variables that impact the development of young children and the impact of the years before kindergarten. Occasionally, mainstream science mentions their heroic research. A nice piece in The […]