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To teach, use TELL, SHOW, and DO
(From my original Blogspot) As a mom, I'm struggling to learn how best to help my children learn. Here are a few things I've been...

Shara Ogilvie
Feb 7, 20103 min read
Statistical regression to the mean, cool concept
(From my original Blogspot) Statistical Regression is the statistical principle wherein the high scoring individuals on a pre-test tend...

Shara Ogilvie
Feb 7, 20101 min read
A poem: For love of the library
I love books SO much that I sat and wrote a poem today about my deep affection: Today, dashing in the library for a quick errand, I was...

Shara Ogilvie
Feb 4, 20102 min read
No one to blame but yourself
I love what Erica Jong wrote: "No one to blame!...That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated....How wonderful...

Shara Ogilvie
Feb 3, 20101 min read
I wax philosophical regarding continuums (Aristotle came up with similar stuff so I'm happy)
(From my original Blogspot) From the earliest age, as children form concepts that will serve as basic schema to organize their world,...

Shara Ogilvie
Jan 25, 201012 min read
The existence of God and the end of the world potentially justified by a philosophical construct
(From my original Blogspot) It seems to me that the past ten years have seen an increase in movies being made whose premise is that the...

Shara Ogilvie
Jan 16, 20102 min read
Thoughts on energy management and motivation
(From my original Blogspot) Lately I have been caught up in thinking about what mechanisms work within us to regulate our energy output. ...

Shara Ogilvie
Jan 10, 20101 min read
A family bedtime routine restores harmony and connection
(From my original Blogspot) No matter how poorly the day goes with my children, if I can have a quality bedtime I feel the day has been...

Shara Ogilvie
Dec 13, 20093 min read
The beauty and wonder of basic substances fill me with awe
(From my original Blogspot) Water is the most amazing substance. It both cleanses and gives life. What other substance could you say...

Shara Ogilvie
Dec 10, 20091 min read
An antidote to perfectionism is the "C+ effort"
(From my original Blogspot) My husband was jogging a few days ago and told his jogging group how he gave the raising of the Christmas...

Shara Ogilvie
Dec 7, 20091 min read
Legal drugs are waaaay funner than illegal drugs
(From my original Blogspot) Lately I've really been thinking about illegal drugs, and why would anyone use them when so many more...

Shara Ogilvie
Dec 2, 20091 min read
Why animals show up in stories when there is NO way they could ever do the things they do
(From my original Blogspot) I've been thinking a bit lately about animals and how they relate to children in literature and in play....

Shara Ogilvie
Nov 30, 20092 min read
The power of listening and the power of the theater audience
(From my original Blogspot) Have you ever heard an actor receive a complement from an audience member, only to have him or her say in...

Shara Ogilvie
Nov 2, 20092 min read
The recession is a teacher, bringing some to God, bringing some to gratitude
(From my original Blogspot) Recently, I attended a church meeting where the speakers were comprised of a family who had just began...

Shara Ogilvie
Oct 29, 20092 min read
We grow gradually in degrees; always reach for the next level
(From my original Blogspot)vel I sometimes stop and wonder about human growth. I believe that in the early years of childhood, growth is...

Shara Ogilvie
Oct 26, 20092 min read
My children taught me greater love
What is love? The timeless question begs to be answered by philosophers, musicians, the religious, and the agnostic. It is a substance...

Shara Ogilvie
Oct 23, 20092 min read
Why do I need both church teachings AND the holy spirit?
(From my original Blogspot) Speakers from this latest General Conference spoke a lot about identifying the promptings of the Holy Spirit...

Shara Ogilvie
Oct 11, 20091 min read
Cherish this very moment with your child
(From my original Blogspot) Life really is going by faster and faster. As a child, of course your fondest dream is to grow up; to see...

Shara Ogilvie
Oct 8, 20092 min read
Social pressure to use re-usable bags feels like nonsense to me
(From my original Blogspot) The shopping bag pressure is building! Either start using the re-usable shopping bags, promoted at every...

Shara Ogilvie
Oct 3, 20091 min read
Law of Triviality, a very short thought
(From my original Blogspot) The Law of Triviality states that time a group spends discussing an issue is in inverse proportion to its...

Shara Ogilvie
Sep 28, 20091 min read
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