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My daughter’s alarm when off at 5:50am on. Sunday. She didn’t stir but I couldn’t get back to sleep. Kids.

Dj Gummy Bear - You make me feel loved

A friend sent me this laid back track. Love it.

Baby, you make me feel loved.

A couple of photos from a trip downtown today. Some computer faffing, fried noodles, coffee, more coffee, a walk, some sights. A nice day.

They don’t need perfection. They don’t need some grand gesture. They need effort. They need attention. They need to know that the family you say matters most to you actually gets the best of you, too. They just want you to try.

Daily Dad

Safety first.

New Slow Horses! 📺

Left my computer at home. Second time this term. Makes me realise how much I “sit” at it. Just wish there was a middle ground

When Upward Feedback Becomes Futile - Lynsey White

People do not simply speak to leaders, they calibrate around them. They edit their thinking before it is fully formed. They remove uncertainty, soften edges, and present only what feels safe enough to survive the interaction. Over time, you stop receiving the rough draft of reality. You receive a carefully edited version of what people believe you are willing to hear.

Feels obvious really. Definitely something people talk about when talking about leaders.

And though I’m not a leader, I am a parent and a teacher and it does make me think about my own children and the children I work with.

KFC flavoured Oreos. Weirder than the Oreo burger than I had recently. The filling definitely tastes a little like chicken but also a bit like a ginger biscuits. The biscuits taste overpowered it unfortunately. Kids liked them.

Breakfast noodles.

Head in a book.

Coffee, homework, eggy bread, Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago, The National - High Violet, sorting the washing, washing up, more coffee, Halo - Combat Evolved on the PS5 (still annoyed coop requires two Playstation accounts and two Microsoft accounts).

I think I give up. Trying to buy Minecraft for my daughter’s MacBook but my card keeps getting declined. Struggling to understand the alternatives honestly. :(

A couple of coffee related pictures from yesterday. The first was funny and the second is… umm interesting.

Rüfüs Du Sol - Innerbloom (DELTA HEAVY Remix) - FULL VERSION - YouTube

If you want me
If you need me
I’m yours

❤️

The KFC-Oreo burger currently available in China was disappointing in its plainness. I like the (brown) mashed potato well enough with the chicken. I was just expecting something weirder in taste.

I always think I’ll be annoyed forever and then I just don’t have time to. I just realised I’ve thought that three times today.

Why Ages 2-7 Matter So Much for Brain Development | Edutopia

Yes, we want children to read well and learn the fundamentals of math. But we should not disregard emotional intelligence. The advantages of learning during this first critical period of brain development should extend to interpersonal skills such as kindness, empathy, and teamwork.

Week 2

What neuroscience tells us about teaching early years | Tes

So your advice to EYFS teachers is to slow down, exaggerate and repeat? Yes, don’t feel this pressure to always be doing something new. Lots of people still have this idea of stimulating the young brain - that the more stimulation we give to a child, the faster their brain will develop. Every day has to be different, and they want parents to see that when they’re picking their children up or via the photos they post on the school app. In fact, from a neuroscientist’s perspective, the more we understand about how brains learn, the more we understand that less content repeated more times equals better learning. So rather than feeling a lot of pressure to do something new every day, teachers should appreciate that what children need is to be doing exactly the same thing, preferably with exactly the same language and exactly the same learning resources, at exactly the same time each day.

Playing beyond my level today. Which I guess is good but I keep making mistakes. Which I get is good but it’s not the best feeling.

First day back at school. A week of meetings, getting ready and trying to feel excitement and not worry about the year ahead. Remembering the things that I think in this situation after being outside of it for 6 weeks or so. But also happy to see colleagues again.

1 min as hard as possible. 3 minutes rest. 10 times. Horrible. Disgusting. Difficult. Effective.