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A collection of essays, articles and anecdotes that promote respectful, harmonious care for the wellbeing of children, parents and caregivers.

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Anna Ruth Myers Anna Ruth Myers

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Respect is the foundation of the RIE Approach, but what does that really mean?

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Anna Ruth Myers Anna Ruth Myers

Prepare to Have Your Life Changed

Before Baby is a down-to-earth, realistic class designed to offer concrete and sensible guidance to prepare for the everyday encounters of this relationship.

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Leith Speer Barton Leith Speer Barton

Flow State + Play

What are the conditions that help you get into a flow state? It’s helpful to also consider the conditions that enable a kind of flow state in our children’s play.

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Leith Speer Barton Leith Speer Barton

December Events - Open Play in the East Village

We will be opening up our play space at St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery to the community after Thanksgiving for FREE every Wednesday from 10:30am to 12:30pm through 12/20/23.

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Care Leith Speer Barton Care Leith Speer Barton

More Than A Snack

Snack in our classes is certainly more than just a snack. It’s an opportunity for the children to come together in a way that affirms their tremendous capability for calm and orderly eating. They learn clear limits with natural consequences …

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Development Anna Ruth Myers Development Anna Ruth Myers

Move Free

Free motor development – also known as self-initiated or natural motor development – refers to the practice of allowing infants to progress through the stages of motor development (meaning turning, rolling, crawling, sitting, standing, and walking) in the universal, sequential schema.

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Development, Play Anna Ruth Myers Development, Play Anna Ruth Myers

Unnecessary Interference - Needed Support

As important as it is to educate parents and professionals to respect the natural competencies of infants, it is equally necessary to educate them on the conditions essential for healthy motor development to unfold. Natural development requires an appropriate physical and emotional environment.

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Care, Play, Development Anna Ruth Myers Care, Play, Development Anna Ruth Myers

The Child’s Own Space

But even small gestures of compromise to give infants a space of their own can make a big difference. And even the smallest studio apartment has a way to make a dedicated play space for a child. Watch this space for more information and examples!

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