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Build and Be Merry, For Tomorrow It Falls

July 8, 2013 by S. D. Smith 7 Comments

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” ―Martin Luther Our baby daughter is at it again, tearing down […]

Filed Under: Fostering Imagination, Parenting

Learning to Love the Slow Work of Construction

July 1, 2013 by S. D. Smith 15 Comments

This is the second of a loose series loosely called Blockpile Meditations. Series, thou art loosed. Part one is here. —–   —–   —– Our four-year-old son is getting it. He […]

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I Will Not Let You Depart

April 1, 2013 by S. D. Smith 43 Comments

This was one of my Papaw’s favorite poems. I have fond memories of him reciting this on his back porch, tearing up and recalling his own little children and their […]

Filed Under: Books, Discovering Resources

All Right, All Together Now: Confessions of a Worried Dad

March 8, 2013 by S. D. Smith 78 Comments

Note: I wrote this over a year ago (though it hasn’t been previously published). That’s why the ages are all wrong and I’m even balder now. Why haven’t I published […]

Filed Under: Fostering Imagination, Parenting

Explain Up, Don’t Dumb Down: Why Little Kids Need Big Words

January 28, 2013 by S. D. Smith 18 Comments

I’m a big advocate of using big words with little kids. Our tendency, of course, is to use very simple terminology with children. It seems to me like we do […]

Filed Under: Fostering Imagination, Parenting

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