February 1, 2018
Perspectives on failure
I want to tell you a little story about failure. When I graduated from high school, I had been accepted to my dream college. It was my first choice school – a top tier liberal-arts school with distinguished alumni and a long history of educating women who go on to do great things in the […]
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2018
Why Developmental Milestones Matter
As a first time mom, I was beside myself. Why wasn’t he walking yet? His best friend and playmate had been walking for weeks already, and Jonah was still on all fours crawling beside him. Was there something wrong with him? Will this hinder his success later on? What was it that I was doing […]
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2018
Organizing your home… while you have kids in it.
As I sat down to write this post, I decided that, before I started dispensing my ideas about organizing kid’s stuff, I should probably do a little research and see what others out there in the blogosphere were thinking and writing about. Some people were all about organizing on a tight budget; others were ready […]
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January 12, 2018
All they do is play?? – Developmental learning and your child
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood” — Fred Rogers Have you ever wondered what your children do at preschool all day? This blog post will tell you about the way we approach learning at TPK. As a bonus […]
Read MoreJanuary 4, 2018
TPK’s Top 5 Preschool Tour Questions
It’s preschool registration time! We’ll be conducting tours of our school all month, and if you’re here in the Fairfax area we invite you to come see our school! Click on this link to learn more about registration. In the meantime, we thought we’d answer a few common questions that are frequently asked on our […]
Read MoreDecember 15, 2017
Christmas – When God Came Down
On this 3rd weekend of the Advent Season, we pause again to remember that at Christmas God came to us as Emmanuel – God WITH us. There is a lovely Christmas carol which says, “Love came down at Christmas…” That is so true – as Jesus left the beauty of heaven to “come down” to Planet Earth, with […]
Read MoreDecember 8, 2017
Promoting Honesty in Your Children
Just recently, I found a necklace in my 9 year old daughter’s backpack. It was a cheap and small item – but I knew it didn’t belong to her, and she had it anyway. I asked her where it had come from, and her non-answer was: “Uhhhh, ummmm, errrr, I don’t really remember, I think maybe, ummmmm…” […]
Read MoreDecember 1, 2017
Advent: A time of waiting and expecting
The 4 weeks leading up to Christmas are called “Advent” – a wonderful time of year, which begins this Sunday with “The First Sunday of Advent.” The word Advent means “coming” or “arrival” – and it’s a special time of waiting, of preparing, of expecting the coming of Jesus Christ. Advent is 4 weeks of […]
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November 22, 2017
Hands-On Learning with our Kindergarten class
Recently, our Kindergarten class enjoyed a field trip to Hidden Oaks Nature Center to learn about The Eastern Woodland Indians. Then we continued our study back in the classroom. As we studied that many tribes had their own languages, they communicated with signs as well as pictographs on materials found in nature. The children created their own stories […]
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November 21, 2017
A Thankful Heart
Because a thankful heart is a happy heart I’m glad for what I have That’s an easy way to start For the love that He shares Cause He listens to my prayers That’s why I say thanks every day These lyrics are from the Veggie Tales video Madame Blueberry – and I highly recommend it to […]
Read More“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”- Jeremiah 29:11
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