Category Archives: children

Oct5

on the farm.

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the kinder visited the farm today

met farmers megan and amy

said hello to the animals

had a tractor ride

saw the community garden

walked into the pumpkin patch

said thank you to the land and the plants

for making and sharing the pumpkins with us

they’ll give back

by planting the seeds from a pumpkin

to make new pumpkins at school

 said thank you to the farmers

who taught us so much

who day in and day out

make all of the magic happen.

 

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“we have neglected the truth that a good farmer is a craftsman of the highest order, a kind of artist.”

-wendell berry

Oct3

stuck.

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the kinder are learning about the magical powers of glue.

 

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Oct2

butter rum?

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am i the only one who never ate butter rum lifesavers as a child
because i thought they had rum in them?
maybe pirates ate them?
for some reason i never questioned the idea that they’d sell liquor candy to children.
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it turns out they didn’t, as described by the candy company below:
what flavor are butter rum lifesavers?
“the aroma alone will ignite your tastebuds as you happily experience the irresistible and warm flavors. each candy is filled with an incredibly creamy texture and a buttery and sweet taste with a hint of saltiness. warm and smooth tasting and echoing a gentle note of rum, creating a decadent and distinctive flavor.”
what?!
 paradigm shift.
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“candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
-ogden nash, american poet
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image credit: life savers, mars candy company
Oct1

be water.

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when all are watering the plants at the same time,

while facing each other,

what could possibly happen?

let’s do the probability math.

 

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“be water, my friend.”

-bruce lee

 

Sep27

chopped.

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today we began using scissors

and

some people really got the hang of it.

 

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“who took my good scissors?”

-mom

Sep20

gentle.

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the kinder very gently touch the lamb’s ear and feel a soft surprise.

 

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“there is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.”

-han suyin

 

Sep16

standoff.

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when it started taking a long time, the kinder figured out how to settle this peacefully all on their own.

 

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“then i reckon we got ourselves a good old-fashioned standoff…..

nobody moved, or said anything for the next few moments.

old-fashioned standoffs are mighty borin’ “

-derek landy, irish author, screenwriter and marvel comics contributor 

Sep14

mermaids.

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“we see mermaids in the water!”

 

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“rainbows and mermaids are proof that beauty and imagination go hand in hand.”

-author unknown

 

Sep9

i need to go now.

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she remembered off and on

throughout the afternoon

why she needed to leave school and go home

she tried calling on the old wood phone

told us she did not need to be here

told us her mom misses her

gave us so many, many reasons

and finally

she came up with my favorite:

“i need to go home…….to fix my hair!”

well, why didn’t you say so in the first place?

of course you do

we reminded her that mom would be back pretty soon

and in the meantime

we marched around like big dinosaurs

laughing and playing

ate applesauce and ran around outside

on a cool almost fall day

hair flying in the wind.

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“home is where somebody notices when you are no longer there.”

-aleksandar hemon, the lazarus project

Sep8

seeing magic.

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and, the magic has begun.

the kinder find an extended family of roly-poly’s in the trunk of a tree

everyone runs over to see them. 

 

 

 

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“children can see magic because they look for it.”

-christopher moore