by Dancing Wombat | Dec 5, 2016 | Achievements, Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Life Skills
Not seeing the wood for the trees Do you ever have those moments when the blindingly obvious suddenly hits you between the eyes? One of those, “Duh – why didn’t I think of this before?” moments? In my case, such moments are usually followed by guilt and self-criticism...
by Dancing Wombat | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog, Coping Strategies
Well, today is now yesterday’s tomorrow. Train Wombat is still in bed, showing no signs of going to school. The only thing he will say to me is “Get out”, when I go in to speak to him. Oh, apart from threatening to put a bolt back on the door. Resilience –...
by Dancing Wombat | Sep 5, 2016 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Health and Fitness, Life Skills
Dancing Wombat takes tablets three times a day, to manage an adrenal condition she has. Known as Addison’s Disease (only it’s not really a disease, as she’ll never get better), her adrenaline gland stopped working several years ago. Her tablets replace the hormones...
by Dancing Wombat | May 24, 2016 | Blog, Learning Through Performance
All my reflections so far this year have been drawn from my own Dancing Wombat world. There’s never a dull moment there! But every week, I also have two classes of delightful primary school students who demand my attention. One young man – I’ll call him Dougal – had...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 25, 2016 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies
Environmental activism starts at home, doesn’t it. Like many families, we sort our rubbish, compost our food scraps and have a milk bottle in the sink to catch water from the hot tap while it’s still running cold. And the bottom of our coat cupboard is a sea of blue...
