kinders mix up a batch of sweet lemon bread.
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“there comes a point in your life
when you need to stop eating other people’s bread
and make your own.”
-chris geiger
Apr13
Tag Archives: children
Apr7
everyone should have a chance to be a kid.
Solving Kids’ Cancer’s Junior Ambassadors are a group of 6-16 year olds whose philanthropic efforts help create new and more effective treatments for children with the most challenging childhood cancers. They deserve to be in the spotlight for their commitments and passions to bring change to the childhood cancer community. Throughout the month of April, we are proud to introduce you all to this inspirational group of future leaders.
Meet Jr. Ambassador, Finn Kennedy. (My niece, who never had the chance to meet her brother/my nephew, Hazen, who passed away from pediatric cancer before she was born.)
What do you want to do when you grow up?
” I want to be a lawyer because the world needs good lawyers.”
Why did you decide to become a Jr. Ambassador for Solving Kids’ Cancer?
“Because I feel like everyone should have a chance to be a kid, have fun and change the world and I want to help sick kids to have that.”
What do you want your efforts to do?
” I want this money to go to researchers who try to invent medicines using expensive technology.”
What do you think we can all do for children that are fighting cancer?
” We can encourage them to stay happy. We should work hard and do our best to let people know that there are children who really need help.”
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“the measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.”
-corrie ten boom
Apr6
see if it works.
one of my former students
who i now work with after school
created this travel brochure
complete with her plan for ‘how to get there’
using an innovative method i hadn’t considered
but it makes perfect sense from her perspective.
—
“we learn by taking action and seeing whether it works or not.”
-patrick lencioni
Apr5
kind and gentle.
kinders are home again at the castle
after a long day spent challenging dragons.
—
“in the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
-anne frank
Apr4
will you play?
grandies perform a grand ballet
—
children don’t say,
“i’ve had a hard day, can we talk?’
they say,
“will you play with me?”
-lawrence cohen
Mar18
voices.
i hear the grandies’ voices
one reads words out loud
while the other
writes ‘created words’
and mentions,
“maybe i should take a writing class.”
—
handwriting is so cool
because it is like
the written equivalent of someone’s voice.
-word porn
Mar8
choices.
our kinder community is made up of little people
who have made all kinds of big choices.
—
“what is a community? it is the sum total of our choices.”
― fredrik backman
Mar7
apparently.
the 3-year olds know what’s going on.
Mar4
skills.
grandie creates his quilt
stitching fabrics of his choosing
that he’s learned to sew upon
this machine that he is using.
his ukulele sits nearby
waiting for some play
as the sled stands outside
with hopes of snowy day.
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“the class of your performance is built on the grade of your skills.”
― wesam fawzi
Feb28
portable magic.
what an elementary teacher
after-school book meeting looks like
all full of colors, sparkling water, and clever words.
—
“books are uniquely portable magic.”
– stephen king
I didn't have my glasses on.... 