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Oct18
touch a scientist and you touch a child. – ray bradbury
science day today
and parents
shared their science
with the children
who were
in awe
of
all of it
and loved
the discovery
and
hands-on
exploration
and
so many
questions
and
trying to make some sense
of the world
around them
carbon dioxide
dry ice
liquids
solids
gas
molecules
scottish highland longhair cows with horns
horses
computers
circuits
eyes
matter
changing form
and turning into
cotton candy
right before their eyes
molecular biology
and
oils and flowers and salts
to soothe them in the bath
when they are tired or hurt
and
then
so much excitement
when
realizing
the world is filled
with endless possibilities
—
most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist.
they are wrong: it is character.
– albert einstein
Oct16
all hands on deck as we make our first recipe of the year, ‘apple not so crisp.’
Oct14
be careful going in search of adventure – it’s ridiculously easy to find. – william least heat-moon
what better way
to
spend my day
than with
a dragon
a mermaid
a sparkly green spider
a black cat chanteuse
and
a fairy
on piano?
Oct12
“children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.” – john w. whitehead
first sleepover
at peaches’ cottage
for
babies b and j
and
we are
making
shadow puppets
on the wall
and
there is
a
feeling
of
magical electricity
in the air
—
deep meaning lies often in childish play. ~johann friedrich von schiller
Oct7
if you look at little kids and wild animals, these are two groups of things that whenever i’m with them forces me to be in the moment. – dominic monaghan
baby j
checked out the competition
both showed up
on the green carpet
sporting the same
flashy fashion palette
who wore it best?
who dressed you?
mother nature.
who dressed you?
my momma.
—
every child is born a naturalist. his eyes are, by nature, open to the glories of the stars,
the beauty of the flowers, and the mystery of life. – r. s search
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Oct5
we shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. – b. f. skinner
loved
walking around
the neighborhood
on this cool fall day
and seeing
a young child
sitting all alone
under a tree
reading
a book
aloud
happily lost
in the
magical world
of her
imagination
—
he that loves reading has everything within his reach.
– william godwin
Sep18
twins.
imagine
our surprise
when
little t
a kinder
in my class
and i
his teacher
found out
that
we
shared
a birthday
a last name
a mother’s first and last name
and
we
decided
that
we
must
be
twins
born
decades
apart
—
“a person’s a person, no matter how small.” – dr. seuss
—
image credit: rcinet.com
Sep17
illness tells us what we are. ~italian saying
little kinder in my class
who so loves germs and viruses
he’s making a book of them
school nurse
comes in
to
talk about
hand washing
germs
staying well
not wanting
to get sick
or
catching things
like
flu
or
colds
he raises his hand
and adds
‘or, the black death’
yes
the black death
too
—
image credit: funny-pictures.picphotos.net
Sep5
one child’s teddy bear is another’s stuffed virus.
by far the most unique cuddly toy brought in by one of our kindergarteners today
Pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumonia) Educational Plush Toy
‘Those big cute eyes betray a deadly virus – pneumonia kills a lot of people each year.
Ask your doc about it.’
yikes
—
and the company’s sales’s pitch:
‘Giant Microbes And Viruses Plush Toys Make Great Stuffed Animals Gifts
Just in time for flu season… Or in time to educate people about other nasty viruses and microbes…
Do you ever think about what those viruses and bacteria look like? They may make us sick every now and then – and hopefully not too sick (or too often). Whether you have a case of the sniffles or a bout of the “stomach flu” – there’s usually a bug behind it.’
‘And as it turns out, some of them are awfully cute, at least in their stuffed animal plush toy versions! The folks from Giant Microbes have created a whole line-up of the tiny guys – blew them up to about 1 Million times their “normal” size, and turned them into some of the cutest plush animals around.
Whether you want giant plush viruses or bacteria, or whether you want any one of a whole bunch of other micro-organisms, they’ve got you covered.’
—-
“remember when you used to sleep with all of your stuffed animals as a child
so none of them would be jealous?”
– unknown author
—
credits: squidoo.com, giant microbes and viruses plush toys
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