Melinda Cropsey
Breadcrumbs Best Book: Maybe, by Kobi Yamada + illustrated by Gabriella Barouch
“Do everything with love. Follow your heart and see where it leads you.” With this line alone, Kobi Yamada’s Maybe popped to the top of...
top of page
"Educating the mind without educating
the heart is no education at all."
- Aristotle
The Breadcrumbs Blog
Search
Melinda Cropsey
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: Isle of You, by David LaRochelle + illustrated by Jaime Kim
When you’re feeling sad or blue, the very best resource may be YOU! Sometimes the best way OUT of a dark humor or situation… is IN. ...
Melinda Cropsey
- Jun 10, 2020
- 3 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: I’ve Loved You Since Forever, by Hoda Kotb with pictures by Suzie Mason
“the child… is born of love, and love is his natural origin.” Maria Montessori Gratitude coupled with love is the perfect recipe for...
Melinda Cropsey
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Where is your quiet, happy place?
“To exist and mix with our fellow men we must sometimes retire into solitude and acquire strength; only then do we look with love on the...
Melinda Cropsey
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: The Best Part of Me, by Wendy Ewald
I’ll never forget walking into the classroom of one of my dearest and most respected teacher friends and seeing a ring of waist-high...
Melinda Cropsey
- May 25, 2020
- 3 min
Feelings, Whoa, whoa, whoa... Feelings.
“... we very often have little or no control over when we are swept by emotion, nor over what emotion it will be. But we can have some...
Melinda Cropsey
- May 14, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: In a Jar, by Deborah Marcero
If the cover illustration alone isn’t enough to send you racing to order In a Jar from your local bookstore... rest assured that In a Jar...
Melinda Cropsey
- May 7, 2020
- 2 min
1-2-3, I Love Me: Cultivating Self-Compassion and a Positive Self-Image
Maria Montessori observed that there is a “treasure” present in every human individual. “It is a miracle offered to all.”1 Ours is to...
Melinda Cropsey
- Apr 28, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: Words and Your Heart, by Kate Jane Neal
“How about we use our words to look after each other’s hearts?” Underscoring the impact that words can have on the heart, is British...
Melinda Cropsey
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
Cultivating An Attitude of Gratitude
“Our work as adults does not consist in teaching, but in helping the infant mind in its work of development.” 1 Maria Montessori In honor...
Melinda Cropsey
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: Where Happiness Begins, by Eva Eland
HOT OFF THE PRESS! Dutch author-illustrator Eva Eland’s debut children’s book, When Sadness is at Your Door, was featured as a...
Melinda Cropsey
- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
READ - REFLECT - LOVE
“The child is a well-spring of love.”1 - Maria Montessori Social distancing may present a unique opportunity to develop social-emotional...
Melinda Cropsey
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: Penelope's Superpower by Melinda Cropsey + illustrated by Giada Rose
My goal in writing Penelope’s Superpower was to offer young children a tool for quieting their minds, self-soothing and connecting to the...
Melinda Cropsey
- Mar 4, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: You Are Light, by Aaron Becker
In a word, this book is: MAGNIFICENT! You Are Light can be appreciated on so many levels. From the color wheel cut-outs to the...
Melinda Cropsey
- Feb 18, 2020
- 2 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: Love, I Love You All the Time! By Emma Dodd
For some months now, I’ve been enjoying piloting a “Breadcrumbs Basics” curriculum for the very young—children between the ages of 2-4. ...
Melinda Cropsey
- Feb 4, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: In My Heart, By Jo Witek + illustrated by Christine Roussey
In My Heart is the perfect social-emotional primer for the little one in your life. Playful prose, bright colors, innovative...
Melinda Cropsey
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: If You Plant a Seed, by Kadir Nelson
Kadir Nelson’s beautifully illustrated If You Plant a Seed is a feast for both the eyes and the heart! A Rabbit and Mouse duo plant,...
Melinda Cropsey
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: The Rabbit Listened, by Cori Doerrfeld
I have an impressive stack of books in my Best Book blog pile… and once in a while a book comes to my attention that leaps to the TOP! ...
Melinda Cropsey
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: All the Places to Love, by Patricia MacLachlan & Mike Wimmer
This book is a celebration of family, nature, the circle of life and all of the things we hold most dear. Peaceful prose and...
Melinda Cropsey
- Nov 19, 2019
- 1 min
Breadcrumbs Best Book: Tomorrow Most Likely, by Dave Eggers & Lane Smith
Nothing is certain in life, but many things are... “most likely”! This wildly delightful book chronicles a young boy’s vision of the day...
bottom of page