Joy in Education

This blog focuses on the Goal #4 of Summa Academy— An enriched— never diminished—ability to find joy and wonder in themselves, the world, and people around them.

How does joy arise?

When we are respected we know joy. When our gifts are appreciated we know joy. When there is opportunity… Read More >

Three Meaningful Responses to Sibling Rivalry

Sibling rivalry is not natural. We are not born with preprogrammed circuitry that says “Thou shall be rivals with your sibling.” It is neither inevitable nor something that we have to live with. Unfortunately sibling rivalry arises in many families. How does this happen and what can we do… Read More >

Social Ability

In answer to parents that have toured the facility or attended the Open House or come to one of the ongoing Summa talks, this blog will explicitly address how Summa’s achieves its goals. We begin by examining the four goals of the Summa Academy. Previous blogs have addressed goal… Read More >

Origins of Natural Learning Relationships (NLR) in a nutshell

I was in the process of writing a section about Natural Learning Relationships (NLR) for my book on how adults grow by nurturing children’s developmental needs. I realized that this chapter segment on how NLR came about would make a good blog post for those following the Summa story. So here… Read More >

Bullying

In order to celebrate our opening and establish our ongoing presence, we at the Summa Institute will offer a series of presentations on critical issues facing parents and educators. The first is February 28th at 6:30pm. The subject is bullying. I am uniquely qualified to offer it as I have… Read More >

Self Reflection

In answer to parents that have toured the facility this blog shall now explicitly address how Summa’s achieves its goals. We begin by examining the four goals of the Summa Academy. 

This blog focuses on the Goal #3—The ability to self-reflect in a way that builds confidence and helps a… Read More >

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