Growing Together
(please ignore the dust)
Welcome home, dear friends!
It is always a joy to have you return.
Think about Thinking™ is a living journey of discovery, growth, and intentional human development. As our understanding continues to deepen, so too does the way we express these ideas, create new resources, and strengthen the connections between them. The new pathway coming for TaT can be viewed in the TaT Guiding Map.
Coming soon…
Think about Thinking™ is a living journey of discovery, growth, and intentional human development. As our understanding continues to deepen, so too does the way we express these ideas, create new resources, and strengthen the connections between them.
This page is our place to stay connected.
Here you'll discover what's growing, why changes are being made, new opportunities to explore, ways you can help, and an occasional smile along the way.
We hope you'll stop by often.
There's always something growing.
What's Growing
Recent additions and updates include:
• A newly created Our Foundation page that brings together the philosophy, vision, and purpose behind Think about Thinking™.
• Clearer connections between Think about Thinking™, McGrath Method™, Bird Beak Pinch™, and Letters to Language™.
• Continued refinement of the Peace Resource Center through intentional Replacements, Alterations, and Adaptations that better reflect the direction of our growth.
• Ongoing development of new workshops, practical activities, and meaningful resources designed to strengthen peaceful living in everyday life.
As Think about Thinking™ continues to grow, you'll always find the newest additions shared here first.
Beyond Think about Thinking™
You may have noticed new references to McGrath Method™, LLC throughout the site.
Think about Thinking™ is one of several educational pathways developed through McGrath Method™, whose broader mission is to intentionally develop the remarkable human abilities that help people learn, grow, contribute, and flourish throughout every stage of life.
You will also begin hearing more about two companion programs.
Bird Beak Pinch™ helps children develop the efficient fine-motor foundations for comfortable handwriting.
Letters to Language™ helps children make sense of the alphabet while developing strong foundations for reading, writing, and spelling.
Although each program serves a different audience, they all grow from one shared philosophy:
Intentional human development changes lives.
How You Can Help
Many members have asked,
"How can I help?"
One of the greatest gifts we can offer another person is simply helping them discover a resource at exactly the right time.
Perhaps someone comes to mind...
a parent...
a grandparent...
a teacher...
a homeschool family...
a tutor...
a therapist...
a school...
a literacy organization...
or a community group.
Introducing someone to Bird Beak Pinch™, Letters to Language™, or Think about Thinking™ may become the beginning of a meaningful new journey.
Organizations, conferences, homeschool groups, schools, libraries, literacy programs, and community leaders are always looking for valuable resources to serve those they support. Whenever someone comes to mind, we'd love to hear from you.
Every thoughtful introduction creates another opportunity for a child to discover the joy of learning...
another family to grow...
another individual to experience greater peace...
and another life to be positively influenced.
Together, one thoughtful introduction at a time, we continue helping these ideas reach more hearts, more homes, and more communities.
A Smile Along the Way
Growth is meaningful work...
but it should always leave room for joy.
From time to time you may find a smile tucked into these updates.
Perhaps a story from everyday life...
something Lucy, my little dog, decided required my immediate attention...
a lesson learned while gardening...
or one of those delightful moments that reminds us not to take ourselves too seriously.
Peace has a wonderful sense of humor...
and I hope we never lose sight of that.
Lucy
Looking Ahead
The journey continues.
New workshops.
Fresh insights.
Expanded resources.
Growing connections between our programs.
Additional opportunities to support families, educators, caregivers, first responders, volunteers, and communities.
Each thoughtful addition grows from one simple hope...
to help more people intentionally develop the remarkable human abilities that naturally lead toward greater peace, healthier relationships, meaningful learning, and purposeful living.
We'd Love to Hear From You
One of the greatest joys of this community is learning from one another.
As you continue exploring Think about Thinking™, we'd love to hear your thoughts.
What ideas have stayed with you?
What practices have become part of your daily life?
What new understandings have surprised you?
Do you know a person, school, homeschool group, organization, or community that may benefit from these resources?
Every insight...
every suggestion...
every thoughtful introduction...
helps this community continue growing.
Thank you for walking this journey with us.
We're grateful you're here...
and we're excited to continue growing together.
Still very grateful to Laura!
Yes- I am very open to talks, presentations and workshops - letting folks knwo about all of the learning avenues in McGrath Method, llc. :)
Podcast by Laura Hardie
Peace Activating Moments
TaT AFFIRMATION:
I gratefully welcome the consistent, free-flowing abundance of health, meaningful relationships, joyful purpose, and opportunities to contribute to the lives of others. As I continue growing, I delight in seeing others flourish as well.
MANTRA:
Every day in every way, I continue evolving to my optimum self!
3 - Word INTENTION
“Notice, Choose and Grow”
A THOUGHT TO CARRY WITH YOU:
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."
— William James
MUSIC FOR THE JOURNEY
"I Hope You Dance — Lee Ann Womack
A SMILE ALONG THE WAY
My therapist told me to embrace change.
So I gave her a hug… and then told her that she now owed me $150.
TINY ALTERING PRACTICE
For the next 40 days, simply notice whenever you use or hear the words "hard" or "difficult."
Whenever they appear...
gently replace them with word "challenging."
Notice what changes.
Notice how the new word influences your thinking, your feelings, and your response.
One small alteration...
repeated consistently...
can begin creating a new direction.
Enjoy the discovery.
Lasting Thoughts
May our thoughts be filled with inspiration, creativity, rational, logic, healing and love to fulfill our life objectives.
Strengthen the wisdom within us and with others to produce and share what is needed for each being to grow and flourish.
Let us embrace and be grateful for the lessons learned from our past mistakes and grow from each challenge that is placed in our path as we live each day in joy, peace and happiness.
May we comprehend and achieve our true purposes which illuminate the opportunities of our present moment.
May we stand in the midst of the illusion of time as we transcend our understanding that our past is for learning, present is for directing and future is for projecting. - AMEN
-LaVerne McGrath
THOUGHT DIRECTING
In times of joy and happiness stop and give thanks; inhale that moment like the morning light and imagine it flowing over the entire world. Gratefulness broadcasted to the universe will be amplified when recognized. You honor and recognize the good will of the universe - you recognize it as if you were looking in a mirror - Letting your higher power be directed in the way you desire and focus your attention.
- Jacob Johns, Artist, Author, Speaker, Community Organizer, and TaT Member
HOPE AND OPTIONS EXIST
It is the hope of Think about Thinking™ (TaT)to bring a greater understanding for reaching and maintaining each supporter’s optimum level of self-evolution. Because each individual’s evolution affects the advancement of human life itself.
The purpose of life is to learn.
The reason for learning is to evolve.
The motive for evolving is for optimizing life for the benefit of all.