The Early Years Blog

We don’t have to fill a season to make it meaningful. By carrying forward the rhythms that bring our families closer—and gently setting down the expectations that leave us hurried—we...

A simple autumn walk holds more learning than we may realize. As children balance over roots, compare leaves, describe unfamiliar sounds, and wonder about what they find, they are developing...

Children notice so much that adults have learned to overlook. When we pause before directing, explaining, or moving them along, they have time to follow their own questions—and we are...

We don’t have to hurry to meet autumn—we can let it come to us. When we slow down enough to notice the first cool breeze, a changing leaf, or an...

Week Four: You Are Already Enough If I could sit down with my younger self over a cup of coffee, I wouldn't hand her a better planner or another parenting...

Week Three: Making Room for Wonder Somewhere along the way, many of us learned to hurry through the ordinary. Children haven't. They still stop for feathers, snails, puddles, and clouds....