kinders find magic in the japanese garden
seeing things change right before them.
—
‘change is a measure of time, and in the autumn, time seems speeded up.
what was, is not and never will be;
what is, is change.’
-edwin way teale
Sep27
Tag Archives: children
Sep25
in line.
sweet kinder spends her free choice time playing with the doll house.
when i stop over for a visit and ask why all the people are facing one way
she tells me they are waiting in line for the one bathroom.
(if you look closely, all the way to the right,
you’ll see the one toilet with someone sitting on it,
as well as a chef serving food out of a window,
and more people and animals scattered around downstairs)
what an amazing real world scenario.
how can i not love every single day of my job?
—
‘waiting in line is a great opportunity to meet people, daydream, or play.’
-patch adams
Sep21
transforming.
kinders transform with hands, finger paint, foil, and joy.
—
“the goal of life is rapture. art is the way we experience it.
art is the transforming experience.”
— joseph campbell
Sep19
superpowers.
the grandies offered me a chance
to choose my superpower –
flight, strength, invisibility, speed, or shape shift?
i chose invisibilty
got inside of the machine
they powered it up
when i came out
they confirmed that i was now invisible.
except for my feet
which did not fit in the box.
i can live with that.
—
“the things that make us different, those are our superpowers.”
-lena waithe
Sep14
the next one.
kinder climbs to the top and reaches back down.
—
“the way I see it, if you climb the wall,
you reach back down and help the next one up.”
-carolyn aronson
Sep4
the crossing.
word has it the littles are headed to england.
hopefully they’re back in the states
in time for the first day of school today.
—
“you can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”
-rabindranath tagore
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glen lake, empire, michigan – summer 2018
Sep2
ghosts.
littles
playing, creeping, tiptoeing
ghosts in the graveyard
scaring themselves to death
screaming, spooky, squealing, shrieking
so much fun.
“while it’s cool to think ghosts exist, i don’t want to see one.”
-dean ambrose
Aug10
reach.
grandies
jump in.
get dirty.
fall down.
and
reach again
even higher.
“jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty,
fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.”
-ben stein
Aug1
germ.
spent time in my classroom
doing some pre-planning with my team
and saw how thorough
our summer cleaning crew had been.
i especially loved the note they left on the chairs:
they did not merely say
‘chairs cleaned’
but instead they kicked it up a notch to an ’11’
the ‘disinfected’ level
for the kinders’ chairs.
i can certainly appreciate that.
—
“growth itself contains the germ of happiness.”
-pearl s. buck
Jun29
reach.
“we sit in the mud… and reach for the stars.”
-ivan turgenev
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