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Nurturing Tiny Fingers: Fine Motor Activities for Infants

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Fine Motor Skills for Each Age: A Comprehensive Guide

Together we’ll slow down, stop rushing our kids through life and raise lifelong learners who will become confident and independent adults. 

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thealannagallo

📖 Former teacher (M.Ed.)
🌍 Secular homeschool + worldschool
🧠 Raising uninfluenceable global citizens
🚫 Rethinking screens & school
⬇️ Uninfluenceable

Comment TEACH HISTORY to get the link to my latest Comment TEACH HISTORY to get the link to my latest FREE Substack essay, “This Is Why We Teach History (Even When It Makes People Uncomfortable) 👇🏻This is why studying history matters. Not to memorize dates and definitely not to pass tests, or romanticize the past. But to recognize patterns.When kids learn how power works…
who holds it,
who benefits,
and who is told to stay quiet…they don’t need to be led to conclusions.
They make them on their own.History gives kids context and frameworks for understanding the world they’re growing up in.It teaches them that systems are created by people.And what’s created by people can be questioned, challenged, and changed.Critical thinking doesn’t start with opinions. It starts with perspective and you simply cannot have perspective without historical knowledge.Comment TEACH HISTORY to get the link to my latest FREE Substack essay, “This Is Why We Teach History (Even When It Makes People Uncomfortable)
What books “radicalized” you to be a decent human? What books “radicalized” you to be a decent human? Tell me below in the comments ⬇️
Reading is resistance.Because a well-read child Reading is resistance.Because a well-read child is harder to manipulate.Harder to scare. Harder to sell lies to (👀 at you 🦊).Books teach kids how to slow down in a world that profits from outrage and hate. They teach how to hold nuance when everything is screaming for certainty and confirmation.Anti-intellectualism thrives on short attention spans, sound bites, and blind loyalty.

Reading does the opposite.So we read.

Not for grades.
Not for silly school prizes.
Definitely not to fill an assigned reading log (which crushes your child’s love of reading BTW).

But to raise kids who can think, reason, empathize, and recognize BS when they see it.In a culture that punishes curiosity, choosing books is a quiet, radical act.Reading is resistance. Oh, and FDJT and everyone who supports him and his administration✌🏻
The best time was 2016, the next best time is NOW. The best time was 2016, the next best time is NOW.Intelligent people can change their minds based on new information.They can believe their own eyes and ears.You can do it.I have to believe there are so many more people who have realized how wrong they were…If that’s you, speak up. Speak up now.
Emotionally stunted men throwing tantrums are the Emotionally stunted men throwing tantrums are the problem and always have been ✌🏻 F*ck 🧊Doing my part by making sure my son knows how to de-escalate a situation and handle frustration.Oh and making sure he has enough confidence to not feel the need to prove his worth using violence, fear or intimidation.Raising good men is resistance. Parenting is political.
If you’re feeling helpless right now, start here. If you’re feeling helpless right now, start here.You don’t need a megaphone or a platform to resist what’s happening. 

You need a home, a child, and a daily practice.Resistance looks like raising boys who can feel without lashing out.

Raising girls who speak up without shrinking themselves.

Teaching kids how to think, not just comply.

Refusing cruel jokes. Naming harm. Choosing empathy on purpose.When the world feels loud, chaotic, and out of control, these small acts matter more than ever.

They shape who our children become and what they will tolerate now and in the future.Focus on what you can build.
Focus on who you are raising.
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