heading out on a rainy day
to explore, discover things, and learn
in the much larger classroom of the universe.
—
“the universe is a great university.”
-sai baba
Apr28
Category Archives: learning
Mar15
rocks.
it took a while and a team of busy gatherers
but the kinder were happy to announce
they had collected and lined up
79 rocks
and that equals 1 museum.
—
“as with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.’
-john burroughs
Dec9
learning is creation.
“what does our word say?!!”
(two kinder working together in my multi-age classroom, one older, one younger)
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“learning is creation, not consumption.
knowledge is not something a learner absorbs,
but something a learner creates.”
-george couros
Sep2
piaget. (repost-computer still in flux)
*Jean Piaget (1896-1980) in his office.
Shout out to all those who didn’t tidy their office before the start of the school year.
—
“simple solutions seldom are. it takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.”
-alfred north whitehead
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*Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait, and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.
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credit: modern language association
Aug28
figuring it out.
how to fit 4 kids and 1 log into 1 boat and get 2 to paddle it to make it move ahead?
use the trial and error and figure it out as you go method.
“if you wait to figure out everything before starting anything, it’ll never happen.”
― d
—
glen lake, glen arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2021
May25
tippy toes.
r figures out a way to play hopscotch
—
“learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.”
-josh billings
May12
rainbow.
have you ever touched a rainbow?
it’s pure magic.
“and as he spoke of understanding,
i looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.”
-Black Elk
May6
why fly?
why oh why does our paper fly?
we’ll try over and over and over again
until we find out why.
—
“learning never exhausts the mind.”
-leonardo da vinci
Jan26
the genius of each.
as i worked on report cards over the last week
putting together my notes
gathering my thoughts
sharing my stories
telling their stories
i was reminded
that each child
has
their own gifts
their own challenges
yet each shares
without fail
a curiosity
a sense of wonder about the world
a desire to learn
and does so
in their own way.
—
“Do not train children to learn by force and harshness,
but direct them to it by what amuses their minds,
so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy
the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
-Plato
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image credit: Radhusets Julkalender 2012 – Arte del libro, Arte dell’illusrazione
Aug28
merit.
so proud to be a member from way back
of the ‘look it up club’
i was very shy and quiet
but once i learned to read
the world opened up to me
i ‘mastered’ the encyclopedia
and never stopped looking things up.
—
“true merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.”
-edward wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
I didn't have my glasses on.... 