During the second week of Jemma's arrival, we began a parent-infant program called RIE where I would observe Jemma playing with other children her age once a week under the guidance of a mentor trained in the RIE principles. What are those principles you might ask? To quote, "RIE's goal is to help raise authentic infants who are: competent, focused, peaceful, involved, cheerful, cooperative, resourceful, initiating, confident, aware, secure, attentive, curious, exploring, interested, and inner-directed. Whew! Sign me up! It's been really fun and Jemma loves every bit of it. Sometimes we get together with two other girls in her group outside of class. Meet Mya and Almitra (Jemma's in the middle.) Two wonderful companions for Jemma - they are all of the things RIE proposes to promote. In the second photo, Mya and Jemma sneak up behind the elusive Ollie.
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