after hiking to the secret climbing tree
mother nature designed
only for kids
we enter under the canopy of emerald leaves
to find the magic inside.
—
“wood is only one-syllable word, but behind it lies a world full of beauty and wonder.”
-theodor heuss
not my class, but looks like they’re playing the game too.
—
when our class needs a break to calm down and relax
we play ‘the quiet game’
(an idea my daughter used when babysitting years ago)
which consists of nothing but lying down
not moving or making noise
yes, you can blink and breathe
last person left is the winner
sometimes there’s not even a winner
they just love to play
they even ask to play
i tell them they’ve been so good
of course we can play
a win-win, i’d say.
—
“quiet is peace. tranquility. quiet is turning down the volume knob on life.
silence is pushing the off button. shutting it down. all of it. – Amir”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
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image credit: google images
grandie j is at it again
this time it’s pop-up slushie stand
raising money for a boy shed
a clubhouse for him and his friends
lots of work, lots of fun
lots of choices on the treats n’ eats menu
riding off on bikes to drum up business
lots of happy customers
all the employees had rainbow tongues
(it’s important for them to like their own product)
great business, great profits
off to a great start.
“whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”
-peter drucker
after one final close look
at the butterflies we raised
it’s time to release them back into nature
where they quickly find their wings.
“the butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
-rabindranath tagore
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
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
everything is growing and changing
all in their own time
each in their own way
we watch and care for them
soon they will all be something new.
—
“and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anais Nin
when you want to change the color of your shoes
but don’t have a job
to make the money to buy them
and no one will hire you
just because you are a 4-year-old
even though you have a lot of energy
you find your own way to get those turquoise shoes.
—
“a busy mind is full of thoughts, a blissful mind is full of ideas.”
– amit kalantri, author
the kinder created a new house for the fairies
after their old house broke apart
and they had nowhere to live.
after learning about detroit artist, tyree guyton,
they created the house in his artistic style
and placed it in the garden
where beautiful flowers were just beginning to bloom.
“life itself is an art form”
-tyree guyton (creator of the heidelberg project)
https://www.tyreeguyton.com/about
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