Notes from the desk

Give a child a fixed amount and let them meet the limit themselves. The lesson is not arithmetic.

Ritual first, reason second — and never in that order for a seven-year-old.

The best read-aloud books leave a gap for the grown-up to fill. Ours did not, at first.

One idea, one price, one customer. Anything more and the room loses the thread.

Bold Minds has an Anagha. My Hindu Roots has an Anagha. They are not the same girl, and here is why.

The jar demonstration that finally made it click for a nine-year-old.