Scott and Grant speak about the potential for growth through pain in the life experience.  Music: Blockhead - Life Support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Grant and Scott speak about the importance of helping make predictions and come up with "insteads" to solve difficult situations. Music: Meanstreak, EL-P #reggioemilia, #inclusion, #reggio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Grant and I speak about inclusion across the board. It's all about unconditional love.  Ram Dass on love "Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I love you if you love me.' It's love for no reason, love without an object." "You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don't have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success—none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here." Music: Blockhead - Gobsmacked --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Grant and I briefly discuss the social/political events of the past week. We stress the importance of empathy, perspective-taking, and the ability to compromise, and what that looks like in a classroom and with your own children. Book: In My Heart By: Jo Witek Music: Sealegs - Run the Jewels --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

https://www.awakeneducationllc.com/ Creativity and a bunch of other things and examples from children. Music: Saib - Harpin' --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Grant and Scott discuss parenting during COVID, homeschooling, and being present for children. Dr. Shefali Tsabary https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PM2iFF6b68wMkqj8L9xvS?si=ELzZCeM7Rpalh1nXDsZxeg Music: Groundation - Silver Tongue Show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We spoke about the holidays and the need for connection in  COVID-19 times. Ways to connect in the classroom and as a parent. And Scott told stories about fish. Music: Aesop Rock - Drums on the Wheel --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Loris Malaguzzi's poem 100 Languages. Music: Blockhead - UFOMG Blockhead - Play Dead --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A bit political at first, our focus is on truth and the future.  Music: Saib - Harpin --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

John Cleese said, He who laughs most, learns best. As quoted in Creating Emotionally Safe Schools: A Guide for Educators and Parents‎ (2001) by Jane Bluestein, p. 215 I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy. From The Human Face, BBC Television (2001) Music: Blockhead  - Weeping Willow --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app