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	<description>A Mindful Garden Where Active Minds Blossom - A preschool located in Redondo Beach &#38; Torrance...</description>
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		<title>BANKRUPT CALIFORNIA PAYS $578 MILLION FOR NEW SCHOOL</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BANKRUPT CALIFORNIA PAYS $578 MILLION FOR NEW SCHOOL. In the same year California laid off 600+ teachers, our government decided to spend $578 million in bond money to refurbish a single school location.  I have to applaud the people who write those measures; they are gifted.  I wonder how many honed their skills working in advertising, because after reading the measure, I had visions of numerous school buildings across California being painted, plumbed, upgraded and cleaned. I never imagined that such an incredibly large sum of money would be allocated to a single school location.  It just seems discriminator, and unfair, when parents across California are paying...
Linda
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		<title>Conscious Discipline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are always looking for ways to define what we practice at Riviera PlaySchool.  What we have is a unique meld of non violent communication, attachment parenting, mindfulness, abundance, gratitude, and self-awareness, along with the academic and structural aspects from Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia.
I stumbled across a website by a woman named Becky Bailey, who happens to have authored a great description of what we do here at Riviera Playschool!  Becky calls it conscious discipline, and it all starts with being who you want your children to become (Joseph Chilton Pearce).
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		<link>http://rivieraplayschool.com/parenting-from-balance/conscious-discipline</link>
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		<title>Letter to my Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Kian, As you prepare for kindergarten, I wanted to write a letter to you, my love, to document my hopes for you, my love for you, and my admiration of you.  I hope you will live in a world of peace, nature, community, egalitarianism, and high ideals. 

I want you to be fulfilled and happy, and value the importance of life's simple pleasures.  This is where you will find true bliss.

Just today you said to me "I believe anything is possible,"  and with that, I felt I had achieved the bulk of my intentions with you.]]></description>
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		<title>Education Partnership at Riviera PlaySchool</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 2010 — Beginning this Fall, the UCLA Extension Education Department will partner with Riviera Playschool as the practicum site for a supervised field experience course.  Riviera PlaySchool has the distinction of having been chosen as the very first ever practicum site for UCLA extension&#8217;s early childhood education certificate program.  We are proud of having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;No Child Left Behind&#8221; Paradox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's kids are not failing the academic standards - the academic standards are failing our kids! "No Child Left Behind" has inadvertently placed undue emphasis on elements that have nothing to do with academic success.  The entire system has instead created a generation of button-pushers who lack critical thinking skills as well as the emotional and social intelligence to get their needs met independently.  We have to take another critical look at this system before we churn out yet another generation of unmotivated, unskilled, and incapable graduates.]]></description>
		<link>http://rivieraplayschool.com/parenting-from-balance/the-no-child-left-behind-oxymoron</link>
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		<title>Television and Media, and FREE WEBINAR!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Free Webinar August 24, 8:00 to 9:00 pm!  Media and technology are evolving at a rapid pace, affecting young children in both positive and negative ways. Join us to learn about the impact of media on young children and most importantly, hear expert guidance about how to raise and educate children in today's 24/7 media world. ]]></description>
		<link>http://rivieraplayschool.com/parenting-from-balance/television-and-media-and-free-webinar</link>
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		<title>Ready to Learn: Defining Kindergarten Readiness Once and For All!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kindergarten readiness, a hot topic among politicians, is also a hot topic among parents.  With this in mind, let's look at how kindergarten readiness goes far beyond learning the ABC's and starts way back in infancy.  Here are some general indicators that early childhood educators agree show children are prepared to enter kindergarten.]]></description>
		<link>http://rivieraplayschool.com/parenting-from-balance/ready-to-learn-defining-kindergarten-readiness-once-and-for-all</link>
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		<title>Mentoring versus Modeling, [or &quot;Dear, do I like custard?]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We often hear caregivers prompt children to behave a certain way "Say hello!" "Say goodbye!" "Say thank you!" or our favorites: "You're OK!" and "That's not scary!  Why are you afraid? You don't have to be!"

So what's next....Will they be calling you from college for social cues?  Or, will they become like the proverbial joke about the henpecked husband, who, when offered a choice of custard for dessert, turns to his wife, asking "Dear, do I like custard?"
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		<link>http://rivieraplayschool.com/parenting-from-balance/mentoring-versus-modeling-or-dear-do-i-like-custard</link>
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		<title>Playing Our Way Through Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever tried to hurry a little boy into his clothing and out the door?  It is usually to no avail -- the shirt becomes a pirate's hat, and then his eye catches a forgotten toy -- everything is so richly distracting to children, because they are still engaged so deeply in living life.  So why do we try to pounce it out of them? "Straighten up!  Hurry Up!  Come on, we'll be late!" ]]></description>
		<link>http://rivieraplayschool.com/parenting-from-balance/playing-through-life</link>
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		<title>Hey, Guess What??  You Already ARE the Perfect Parent!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you're like me, you are your own worst critic. And there is no badge of honor in that, even though we have been brought up to believe it is so. You deserve the same "break" you are wanting your child to be given. 

As Joseph Chilton Pearce says, "Your must be what you want your children to become."  Isn't it a breathe of fresh air to know that being your authentic self is perfect?!!]]></description>
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