Dragonfly Cove

DRAGONFLY COVE

Welcome to our Dragonfly Cove Care Home and our Nook and a Book reading corner. This blog is a living, growing record of our kiddos during this beautiful time in our lives together. This kind of blogging is as personal and intimate as writing a journal or diary. Memories and experiences are the greatest gifts we can bestow on our children. Here we document and share the unique experiences, ideas and inspirations enriching our lives and the children in our care. You will see various pictures of our kiddos learning through play and inquiry in every day life♥

A couple of ideas and quotes related to our blog and growth...

"Life isn't about finding yourself; It's about creating yourself."
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's learning to dance in the rain"

My passion and love of learning stems from a belief that learning is a life-long process. We strive to be open and adaptable to the many changes and challenges of everyday life. I try to model continued learning as the children see me reading, studying and implementing new, creative adaptations and theory to our home indoor and outdoor environments and lives. By giving them these roots, my hope is they will also follow a path of inquiry and know as students of life, they will always be learning and growing♥

Here is an excerpt from "How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years" which directly pertains to our blog here...

"a means of sharing perspectives with parents and colleagues. When families and others are invited to contribute to the documentation and share their own interpretations, it can provide even more insights that children, educators, and families can return to, reflect on, and remember in order to extend learning."

We love reading your thoughts and comments! Thanks so much for embarking on this special, memorable journey with us... lots of love♥

Saturday, 2 September 2023

Of endings and beginnings...

This year marks many endings but also new beginnings...

My second youngest child graduated from elementary school and starts high school in the fall...

My oldest child started working full time during his gap year...

Over the last few years, my full-time childcare has turned into "casual" care, and I'm on my way to my next chapter as well...

Just like Castle Village was an annual staple of ours, where I would take my young children to play in a story book village... so was Tony's restaurant at Little Lake Park, Midland...

And just like Story book village changed from my children's playground and the place I buy my mom's birthday gifts to escape rooms under new ownership, I expect changes with the new owners of Tony's too.

I mean, Tony's is as unique to him as Castle Village was to the previous owners. It has their vision and spirit.

Today I bring my family to Tony's for one last Tony's fish and chips before they close forever and usher in the next new beginning...

Best wishes to Antonios Mouzakis on your new beginnings... and to all those who are also ushering in their own new beginnings this year 💕

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