{"id":872,"date":"2010-05-24T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderland-photography.com\/blog\/?p=872"},"modified":"2011-02-08T07:04:28","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T07:04:28","slug":"mothers-tea-%e2%80%a2-riviera-playschool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderland-photography.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/24\/mothers-tea-%e2%80%a2-riviera-playschool\/","title":{"rendered":"mother’s tea \u2022 riviera playschool"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a great privilege for me to be the “un-official official” photographer for my daughters’ school, Riviera PlaySchool<\/a> in Redondo Beach. It’s truly a magical, free, cozy little paradise for children & their parents. I can’t say enough about what an extraordinary place it is–a sanctuary of joy & childhood that celebrates individuality & teaches children how to embrace their own emotions & how to get their needs met, & ultimately how to be kind to each other. If I had to sum up the school’s philosophy in one sentence, I think it would be, “For children to learn compassion, they must experience & be shown compassion.” What they do there everyday with our kids is show them how to honor themselves & thus others & the world around them.<\/p>\n

For Mother’s Day, the children & teachers organized a “tea” to share with their parents. It included an exciting episode of Show & Tell, as well as pb&j sandwiches, obviously cut into heart & star shapes by little loving hands. It was my honor to try to capture some photos of the children with their moms (& some dads & grammas).<\/p>\n

A most heartfelt thank you to Linda, the director, & all the wonderful teachers at RPS!<\/p>\n

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Blake shows his mommy his handmade Mother’s Day gift. Looks like she loves it, Blake!\"\"<\/p>\n

some of the wonderful teachers at RPS who are in loco parentis<\/em>–“in place of the the parents,” essentially the “moms” when we’re not!<\/p>\n

(left to right: Andrea, Heather, Tasha, & Dawn)<\/p>\n

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