Ms. Fab’s Learning Lab

Losing both of you in a matter of four months is something I will never comprehend… I don’t think anyone can.

But I hold on to the memories. The way you raised me. The love, the presence, the life you built for our family.

Everything I am, I owe to both of you. You raised me to be curious, brave, resilient, and to believe I could reach for the stars. You pushed me to become the best version of myself and never let me doubt my potential. The kind of parents I always say children deserve—present, encouraging, and endlessly supportive—is exactly who you were for me ❤️‍🩹

If the world knows me as Ms. Fab, it’s because of you. You shaped the way I see life, learning, family, and love. Everything I try to pass on to others — especially my kids— started with the way you raised me.

I never imagined the story would end this way… but maybe some souls are simply meant to stay together.

And while this kind of pain is impossible to explain, all I know is that for now, it’s one foot in front of the other. Forever grateful I got to be your daughter 🤍

We did it 🤍 The road wasn’t easy, but she’s finally here🥹 Meet my tiny love, Emma Lorena ✨

Where’s Ms. Fab?! Busy growing a baby girl 🤰🏽, raising a curious, energetic toddler, and enjoying my mom era 🧡 I’ll be back soon!

Intelligence means potential for good thinking.

But many intelligent people never seize upon their potential. In other words, they never learn how to think.

By contrast, many people are excellent thinkers, even without much natural talent. They probably had good teachers and practiced a lot.

How can this be? Author Edward de Bono summarized it perfectly.

He compared intelligence to a car by saying “A powerful car may be driven badly. A less powerful car may be driven well. The skill of the car driver determines how the power of the car is used.” It doesn’t matter what model the car is, or how powerful it is. What truly matters is how it’s driven. 

You are probably thinking, but what about schools? Don’t they teach kids how to think?

Not really..Schools teach us what to think rather than how to think. Let me explain.

Schools teach math and history and literature, but they don’t really teach kids what to actually do with all that knowledge. And all that information goes to waste unless students know what to do with it.

That’s not good thinking. 

Good thinking is the skill of putting the available information to the best use possible. 

Good thinking is also more than critical thinking, logic, and analysis.

It includes these tools, but it also includes creativity, exploration, design, and perception.

In other words, the best thinkers use a big tool box. 

So.. how do we learn to think? And how do we teach our kids?

Edward de Bono wrote an amazing book on this topic that encourages parents to teach kids the SIX different thinking hats, I go over each one in my book, The Learning Game.

The lesson to remember is that good thinking is a collection of skills and mindsets that help us see with a wide-angle lens.

We should help kids learn good thinking perspectives and practice applying them with intention.

The most wonderful time of the year 🎄❤️ Merry Christmas!