tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233983995495203290.post7205105409231744678..comments2024-01-04T07:11:14.467-05:00Comments on Atelierista: stories from a studio: The Challenge of Meeting Each Child Where They AreAnna Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020564718454754566noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233983995495203290.post-3758737420099609712010-10-22T08:29:42.155-04:002010-10-22T08:29:42.155-04:00Do you know about the Circle of Security (Bert Pow...Do you know about the Circle of Security (Bert Powell, Kent Hoffman etc) and the terms they use (from the Attachment literature) of Secure Base and Safe Haven also concepts of "Being With" and "Holding" - that idea of not PUSHING a child too fast or far away from emotions but helping them by being bigger kinder stronger wiser. Awesome work. Just came back from 5 days of training with Bert Powell and can say it is is the best training have ever done/been too. One of those things you wished everyone knew about - as we have all once been children, have all had an experience of being parented and many go on to BE parents and/or work with children and need to be that secure base/safe haven for them.Michele @ The Hills are Alivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069990328770303361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233983995495203290.post-21913945301287146072010-01-28T23:30:53.020-05:002010-01-28T23:30:53.020-05:00This reads like a character study. I love having s...This reads like a character study. I love having students like it sounds Oliver is, ones who can draw others into their world by virtue of their passion. It makes our jobs so much easier and interesting.<br /><br />I like the idea of "meeting children where they are." It really seems to be the essence of teaching. Not all of the kids are as easy to figure out. It sometimes takes me 4-5 months or more to "fiddle around" with a kid enough that I really know how to teach her. Your post makes me realize that what I'm doing is trying to find out where the kids are. That's why I'm so happy that I get to teach most of the children for 3 years. If I only had them for one year, they'd leave me just as I'm getting good at teaching them. Maybe I'm just a slow learner, but I think what I'm trying to do is meet them where they are.Teacher Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.com