Development Occurs in Relationship

Posted on 2.20.12 by Josette Luvmour

“To educate a child well, we must first understand the very nature of the child, and realize that every child is a unique individual.”
- Josette Luvmour, PhD, Adult Development Director

At Summa Academy we are interested in supporting each individual child. We ask: Who is the child as a… Read More >

Occupy Meaning

Posted on 10.12.11 by Amber Kara

All this talk of Occupy has me thinking about meaning in people’s lives. It was surprising at first to see the Occupy movement spread so quickly. Now, as I prepare to teach a class on Rites of Passage, I am reminded that there is a real dearth of meaning in many people’s lives. We as… Read More >

Wisdom not Knowledge

Posted on 9.20.11 by Josette Luvmour

What is wisdom? Is it the accumulation of knowledge? Does it spring from experience or accomplishment? Is wisdom in our thoughts? In our hearts? In our navels?

Wisdom is not a disembodied intellectual concept. Nor is wisdom a rarefied set of honed skills, standards, or objective truths.… Read More >

My Vision of Education

Posted on 9.15.11 by Ba Luvmour

My Vision of Education
Meaningful education has its basis in psychology. What children learn has little meaning without connection to how they learn. We begin with a brief comment on how education has used and misused psychology.

The Tyranny of Normal
Normal. Its history in education and… Read More >

Our New Office

Posted on 8.16.11 by Amber Kara

Okay, so by now most of you know that we are not in fact opening the Summa Academy this fall. Why it has been so hard for us to find a building is something I am still struggling with. It just makes no sense to me, this is a city for crying out loud, isn’t there one small building that is… Read More >

We’ve renamed our work:  Natural Learning Relationships (NLR)

Posted on 10.21.10 by Josette Luvmour

For over 25 years Ba and I have educated hundreds of parents and professionals on how to meet the developmental needs of children. During that time, our work was known as Natural Learning Rhythms. We’re revised this name, now Natural Learning Relationships™ (NLR), to better reflect our… Read More >