can you tell me about your halloween picture?
can’t you see it?
i think i can, but i’d love for you to tell me about it.
it’s me hiding in the bushes.
that’s perfect!
—
“a work of art is the unique result of a unique temperment.”
-oscar wilde
Oct17
Tag Archives: kindergarten
Oct14
through it.
“eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”
-norman maclean
Sep24
heard by the universe.
(my glamour shot after returning from the salon and in full singing mode)
—
i love that my class
is unaware
that i am not a top notch singer
they are the best audience ever
very non-judgmental and accepting
as i belt out my tunes
and try to get them on board
i often improvise my own lyrics
when i only know part of them
or
think of something i’d like to add
many times accidentally
creating my own key
it’s all about the gusto
and not so much the skill.
—
“music in the soul can be heard by the universe. “
-lao tzu
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.
—
“use what talents you possess;
the woods would be very silent
if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
-henry van dyke
Sep12
next to each other.
language connects us.
—
“oh, how scary and wonderful it is that letters and words
can change our lives simply by being next to each other.”
-kamand kojouri
Apr25
“farming is a profession of hope” – brian brett
today we met the farmers
they got down low
and
told us everything
they showed us how to plant our own food
so that we could eat it later
they answered all of our questions
and told us
how the food would taste better
because we know the farmers now.
—
“know you food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.”
-joel salatin
Apr12
the math of trees.
when looking at the trees on the kinder playground
it’s easy to see how tall the little people are
the green does not dare begin until it is
above and safely out of the reach of their tiny hands
even if they are standing on tippy toes
pulling, climbing, bending, picking, snapping
the trees do the math and live to tell the tale.
—
“trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.”
-zora neale hurston
Mar4
key.
a trio of kinders, a ring of keys, a door to our classroom….
—
“optimism is the key.”
-will champion
Feb25
out.
the kinders celebrate the return of the sun
with no coats and fast feet and smiles a mile wide.
—
“i’m youth, i’m joy, i’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.”
-james m. barrie
Feb24
the kinder nap diaries – so many styles, so little sleep.
the downward-facing up on the wall and on your head style
(includes the mysterious vanishing sheets technique)
the get inside of your sheets and try to camouflage yourself in them
while you creep across the floor and think no one will notice style
the fall asleep by accident in spite of yourself
and all of your best efforts to not to style,
while wrapped up in a sweaty and twisted cocoon
made of your own body and bedding.
—
“life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.”
-fran lebowitz
I didn't have my glasses on.... 