The Mountain School

11/15/2023

Please take your child to the Library at least twice a month. They will always remember the excitement of borrowing books to read at home.

Some rain in the forecast this week; are you fully stocked on reading?? Come visit! Tuesday through Saturday from 10-4.

11/15/2023

A couple of years ago I was driving my daughter home from high school, and she shared something from her Human Development class that day. The students were asked to draw an illustration of their emotional state. “And mom,” she said, “everyone drew pictures of stacks of books and things like t...

11/08/2023

Spring Garden Waldorf School

11/08/2023

Early Childhood Puppetry Newsletter from Juniper Tree Puppets - https://mailchi.mp/junipertreepuppets/wmyiw2f2jr-10381249

11/03/2023

11/03/2023

This Sunday, we "fall back" to Standard time. More darkness ahead. Sounds like more reading to us!! What will you dive into next? Come visit if you need a few ideas. We're open Tuesday through Saturday from 10-4. 1608 Grant Avenue, Downtown Novato.

08/09/2023

Wonderful clarification from NeuroWild !

Also, thanks to The Occuplaytional Therapist for adding this explanation—so helpful:

"People often use the word “regulated” as if it is the “intellectual-sounding” synonym for the word “calm”. People also often use the word “dysregulated” as if it is the intellectual-sounding synonym for the word “angry” or “crying” or “tantruming” or whatever else word they might want to use.

Regulated means your energy levels match the task.
Dysregulated means your energy levels do not match the task.

A child laughing hysterically and kicking and squealing and playfighting is not regulated to go to sleep.
A child laughing hysterically and running enthusiastically through an open field outside is perfectly regulated to play outside in a big open field.

Sometimes helping a child regulate means putting them into an environment where their level of energy matches the environment. Sometimes helping a child regulate means helping their body get its needs met so that their energy can match the task that’s up next.

[Image description:
A cartoon drawing of a child running through a field with a yellow kite. Handwritten text next to them reads: REGULATED means your energy levels match the task. It does not mean ‘calm’."