Tag Archives: childhood

Jan26

the genius of each.

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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.

 

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“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

Jan22

do you remember?

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who remembers this?

sitting backwards

making faces

rolling around on turns

cigarette smoke-filled air

fighting over who could sit there

the door that swung open

back window down

best seat ever.

 

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“like all great travelers, i have seen more than i remember, and remember more than i have seen.”

-benjamin disraeli

 

 

 

 

 

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image credit: doyouremember.com

Nov25

box-sledding.

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what could be better

then box-sledding 

on dirt and dried grass

while dreaming of snow?

 

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“my first playpen was a cardboard box.”

-michael lee-chin

Nov23

atomic.

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what child wouldn’t put this on their holiday wish list?

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“it is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.”

-isaac newton

 

 

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credits: Rogue NASA, Weird History

Oct25

reaching out.

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one friend shares her flower with another

 

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as a teacher of young children

i am always struck

by the natural way

that children connect with each other

reaching out

with genuine kindness and kinship.

 

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“anyone who takes time to be kind is beautiful.”

-author unknown

Oct15

fingernail.

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when i was a little girl

one of my sisters used to bite her nails

when i’d look out the window

see the sliver of a moon

i thought that was her nail up there

wanting endlessly

to think of a way to get it back for her.

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“it’s like we’re on a rocket ship that we were just painting,

and suddenly it took off

and we’re holding onto the ship with our fingernails.

– Esteban Contreras

Oct2

special delivery.

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a very special delivery

going to a very special place:

the fairy house in our school garden.

 they will be so happy. 

“find happiness by delivering it”

– chris murray

Sep19

comfort always.

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day two of our return to school

 we all find comfort in our own way

a donkey, a pillow, a bus, a dragon

  each makes all the difference to someone. 

 

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“cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.”

-hippocrates

Sep5

spirited.

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fifteen months old

back to the baby book we go

another precursor to my future

pretty accurate then and now.

not so much the running. 

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“walks and runs real well. understands almost anything you tell her. climbs on everything.

also started kissing at 15 months.”

– my mom

 

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“once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight,

or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”

– e. e. cummings

Aug14

rhythm and music.

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from the rhythm and music section of my baby book:

“loves to hear record player going or any music at 15 months.

attempts to dance to it and complains when music stops.”

not one part of this has changed except for my age.  

 

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“music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul.”

-plato