oubaitori is a japanese idiom written as a combination of kanji characters,
representing four trees that bloom in spring: cherry, plum, apricot and peach.
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i believe this to be true for everyone
from the youngest child
to the most elderly.
May12
Tag Archives: development
Sep2
piaget. (repost-computer still in flux)
*Jean Piaget (1896-1980) in his office.
Shout out to all those who didn’t tidy their office before the start of the school year.
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“simple solutions seldom are. it takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.”
-alfred north whitehead
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*Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait, and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.
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credit: modern language association
Mar12
in bud.
flower and child
both in bud
soon to blossom.
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“so much is in bud.”
-denise levertov
Sep15
talents.
one writes numbers
happy giggles
one draws lines
purple squiggles
two young kinders
share a table
each one proud
of what they’re able.
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“use what talents you possess;
the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
-henry van dyke
I didn't have my glasses on.... 