the youngest at the party
play a long game of skill and chance
with exuberance and spirit.
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“a finite game is played for the purpose of winning,
an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.”
― j
Dec26
games.
Tag Archives: children
Dec22
mittens.
these little mittens have lost their kittens.
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“you can’t survive by sucking the juice from a wet mitten.”
-charles m. schulz
Dec20
innovation.
what to do if there is no snowplow to be found?
where there’s a will….
a kinder will find a solution.
—
“wonder is the starter kit for innovation”
-tara lemmey
Dec16
coddiwomple.
grandie is on the move.
where exactly he will end up is anyone’s guess.
this may or may not end well.
Dec15
great things.
tiny kinder spent nearly an hour
focused
working alone
not asking for any help
very carefully snipping tiny pieces
from the roll of sticky green tape
placing them on her fringed orange paper.
when she was happy with what she had created
her beautiful piece of art was done.
“great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
-vincent van gogh
Dec14
the lost and found is lost.
today
when the kinders found things out of place
they went to put them in our class lost and found
but discovered it was missing.
the class then set out to find the lost and found
that was lost
until someone found it
and proudly put it back in place
then the mini wooden zebra, the blue rubber spider, and the green magna-tile
found a place to wait until we can find where they belong.
“first up, the lost and found has gone missing.
it itself, is lost.
so please try not to lose anything until we find it.”
-michael scott, the office
Dec11
moonbeams.
it was truly an honor and my pleasure
on a chilly december evening
to gather with hundreds
of friends and strangers
from all parts of the community
reaching out with lights and song
to wish children sweet dreams.
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WHAT IS “MOONBEAMS FOR SWEET DREAMS”?
“Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams,” is a program created by the Beaumont Children’s Pediatric Family Advisory Council at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI.
Every evening at 8 p.m. during the month of December pediatric patients will shine flashlights from the hospital windows and look for people from the community who are standing outside the hospital to flash them back. It only takes a few minutes, but it will mean a lot to these young patients and their families.
“Many children are unable to leave their rooms and can feel isolated in the hospital as the rest of the world continues without them, and have trouble falling asleep” Beaumont Children’s Child Life Supervisor Kathleen Grobbel said. “With the help of the community, we can make sure they go to bed with smiles on their faces.”
If you want to put a smile on the faces of some kids that are spending the holidays hospitalized … it’s time to grab a flashlight and head to Beaumont Children’s Hospital in Royal Oak.
That’s where you can help by being a part of Moonbeams for Sweet Dreams.
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“deep in the meadow, hidden far away
a cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
forget your woes
and let your troubles lay.”
-suzanne collins
credits: beaumont children’s hospital, wwj radio
Dec8
fly.
this crew has built their own airplane.
they are flying to australia.
it will take them “70 miles long” to get there.
i have no doubt they will arrive safely and on time.
—
“to invent an airplane is nothing. to build one is something. but to fly is everything.
-otto lilienthal
Dec4
re-imagine.
when you combine
dots, pencils, whales, glitter, markers, acorn caps. and glue
and make them into a good day.
—
“the visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.”
-malcolm gladwell
Nov29
gator.
“i see an alligator down there.”
and who would doubt that on a freezing day in michigan
on the cusp of winter, with a hint of autumn still remaining
and you are wearing your unicorn hat and sparkly skirt?
not me.
—
I didn't have my glasses on.... 