Tag Archives: kindergarten

go slow.

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go slow reminder sign

with the world spinning by

and the kinders

always moving so fast

(with frequent collateral damage)

we decided

to try slowing things down a bit

so

they painted signs as reminders

practiced spelling and saying it

posted them around the room

first day –

one hit his head

because he

‘decided to jump backwards’

one fell down

while stretching and balancing

on a shaky stool

one banged something

when skipping down the hall.

we’re still working out the details.

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wisely, and slow. they stumble that run fast.

– william shakespeare

whatever good things we build end up building us. – jim rohn

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kinders’ fairy castle

they all worked on it

‘for days’ = (2 hours)

used

cardboard

tape

paper

sparkles

markers

coffee cup trays

egg crates

ribbons

imaginations

creativity

problem solving skills

engineering

balance

music

tippy stools

teamwork

laughter

flags

noise

to

create a masterpiece.

now they go inside 

with

 flashlight 

and

books

and 

magically

can read.

a great building must begin with the unmeasurable,

must go through measurable means when it is being designed

and in the end must be unmeasurable.

– louis kahn

treasure.

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book club happens

while waiting to go outside

and discovers something.

letters.

there is more treasure in books

than in all the pirate’s loot on treasure island.

– walt disney

nature is never finished. – robert smithson

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out walking with the kinders

we happened upon

a white swan

happy

and

in between seasons.

the same as us.

you can’t catch me, i’m a gingerbread fan…

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once upon a time

a week or so ago

we read a famous old story

out loud

got very excited

to bake our own gingerbreads

imagined them to look like the pictures

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everybody

worked so hard

and

finally

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they were ready

and

the gingerbreads

were

really something special

even better

than we imagined

none of them

ran away

and

we all ate 

happily ever after.

there is a peculiar burning odor in the room,

like explosives. the kitchen fills with smoke

and the hot, sweet, ashy smell of scorched cookies.

the war has begun.

 – alison lurie

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snow provokes responses that reach right back to childhood. – andy goldsworthy

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the first sled ride of the year with a pile of my kinders.

 

effort.

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(translation):

miss kennedy you are invited to my birthday party.

she worked very hard on this

for such a long time

what an effort this took to create

asking me

how to spell each word

letter by letter

putting it in an envelope

sealing it

giving it to me to open and read

causing 

big smiles on both sides.

and

i don’t know that it’s even her birthday.

—-

“effort only fully releases its reward

after a person refuses to quit.”

-napoleon hill

“i’m right and you’re wrong, i’m big and you’re small, and there’s nothing you can do about it.” ― roald dahl ( matilda)

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“oh, yeah. just watch me, i’m taking notes!’

kairos.

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kinders enjoy that perfect moment when the ball drops down.

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claws.

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why batgirl will always beat wolverine at cards.