Why are you being educated? J. Krishnamurti

http://infed.org/mobi/jiddu-krishnamurti-and-his-insights-into-education/

Children and Nature

I found inspiration here:

benefits of outdoor play in kindergarden

http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2014/07/22/natural-terrain-schoolyards-reduce-children%E2%80%99s-stress-says-cu-boulder-study

The security of nature

Preschool VS. Kindergarden?

Didn´t know was two different things...

In this blog they explain why http://preschooleducation.edublogs.org/2012/12/24/difference-between-preschool-and-kindergarten/

Teachers matter

Read article http://www.prekinders.com/establishing-teacher-child-relationships/

Children need to be loved...

Real Education

The mind creates through experience, tradition, memory. Can the mind be free from storing up, though it is experiencing? You understand the difference? What is required is not the cultivation of memory but the freedom from the accumulative process of the mind.

You hurt me, which is an experience; and I store up that hurt; and that becomes my tradition; and from that tradition, I look at you, I react from that tradition. That is the everyday process of my mind and your mind. Now, is it possible that, though you hurt me, the accumulative process does not take place. The two processes are entirely different.

If you say harsh words to me, it hurts me; but if that hurt is not given importance, it does not become the background from which I act; so it is possible that I meet you afresh. That is real education, in the deep sense of the word. Because, then, though I see the conditioning effects of experience, the mind is not conditioned.

- J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life

Epigenetik: Nature vs Nurture?

Dr. Bruce Lipton  the interview, an amazing way to see nurturing!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYYXq1Ox4sk

Interested in one of Lipton´s article? Follow the link:

Nature, nurture and human development, 2001

Do you want to read more about Dr. Lipton?

http://www.brucelipton.com/

Childcare...

If neither parent can be a full-time caregiver, then a child needs someone who is not only consistent and loving, but has formed a bond with them and consciously provides care in a way that strengthens the attachment relationship.

• Explore a variety of economic and work arrangement options to permit your child to be cared for by one or both parents at all times
• It is extremely important to have continuity of care with a consistent, loving, caregiver
• Parents should expect and encourage their child to form an attachment to the caregiver
• Frequent turnover of caregivers can be very damaging to the attachment process
• Make the transition to a caregiver well in advance of any separation so that it is a gradual process and is comfortable for the child
• Minimizing the number of hours in non-parental care as much as possible provides the best opportunity for a child to build secure attachments with parents
• Holding and cuddling helps parents and babies reconnect after being apart. Include the child in day-to-day tasks, and spend non-work time with family

- See more at: http://www.attachmentparenting.org/parentingtopics/infants-toddlers/evaluatingchildcare#sthash.MQO72cHh.dpuf

http://www.attachmentparenting.org/parentingtopics/infants-toddlers/evaluatingchildcare

http://theattachedfamily.com/?p=1279

http://www.inspiredbybabies.org.uk/Page4NewsandInformationresources/Richard%20Bowlby%20secondary%20attachment.pdf

http://www.whataboutthechildren.org.uk/storage/research-summaries-watch/Summary_WATCH_2007_Secondary_Attachment.pdf

http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4891/m2/1/high_res_d/dissertation.pdf

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04252004-163957/unrestricted/DissertationKER.pdf