Author Archive | Tali Lehavi

Heart Mandala Lesson for Gifted Students

What you need for this lecture: My special hearts for a few groups of 3-4, foam, or other shapes for making patterns. Please invite me to the school with my hearts and I will run the lecture for you! I bring my wooden hearts, hearts with magnets for demos, coloring pages, and foam pieces for […]

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HeartMark Fitness Philosophy

We should strive to be students and teachers in our lives, always opening ourselves to new information, and passing down what we know. With that said, we have to be very cautious of what we are learning. Just when we think we know something, that’s usually when we close our mind in that area. And […]

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HeartMark Philosophy

The HeartMark is more than a gesture. And the gesture is more than a beautiful expression of love. It even goes deeper than the touching concept of creating love with our hands, as opposed to something negative. Yes, there is actually a lot more to it than that! We’ve already had the heart as a […]

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Patriotism

When I was growing up in Israel, we learned songs in school. The words in the songs were about the beauty of the local flowers, hills, fruits, and sun. The songs were always about peace and our wish for peace. Many favorite songs included typical Israeli activities that everyone can identify with, like eating watermelon […]

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Drowning in Toys

We’re always amazed by the amount that our parents managed to do in one day. How did they make the food from scratch, iron our underwear, and fix our beds, on top of everything else that they did? Well, I figured out the answer. They didn’t have to deal with the sheer quantity of stuff. […]

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Toys Provide Structure

This article is for parents of babies under 1 year. After they are older, they do not need to associate each corner with a lesson plan. At that point, they can learn to keep toys in one area of the house. But before they are ready for that… enjoy the benefits of having different corners […]

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What I know that Carl Jung didn’t

If you speak to an economist, he’ll tell you it’s all economics. If you speak to a psychologist, she’ll say it’s all psychology. And if you ask an art major, he’ll say it’s all art… And so on. Each college student who majors in the field of their choice begins to see the world defined […]

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What is Art?

I define art in two categories:  Primary art. Secondary art. Primary art is the human being.  Everything that makes up the entire human is art. Secondary art is everything that the human being creates.  Whether it is an illustration, an expression, or even just a wish–it is always a small reflection, a small glimpse, of the primary […]

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FRIDGE RAID

One fun challenge to your creativity is to force yourself to cook from what you already have at home.  Pick a spot like the freezer, or the pantry, or combine them all.   You’ll be saving money and organizing at the same time.  Involve your children, and they’ll be more likely to eat that smelly old […]

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