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light and color.

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playing with light and color

creating a new vision.

 

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“light, that first phenomenon of the world,

reveals to us the spirit and living soul of this world through color.”

~ johannes itten, bauhaus colorist

 

waking up.

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getting used to being back on a school schedule.

kinders arrive today!

 

 

heal.

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one of the sweetest cards ever –

created by one of my kinders 

who “read” it aloud to me:

“I really, really, really  hope that your foot feels better very, very soon.”

(complete with a picture of me with one foot in the giant boot. )

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“if you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.”

-carlos santana

sprinkles.

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“i’m going to need more sprinkles. my cookie is empty.”

(decorating with the kinders)

 

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“i cant sprinkle sprinkles on.

i lose control when i have sprinkles.

i’m shaky.

i still remember the great sprinkle accident of 1982.”

-ryan stiles

moving target.

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“a creative project is a moving target.

You never end up where you start.’

-evangeline lilly

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the kinders remind me of this each and every day.

hand in hand.

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the kinders travel hand in hand.

 

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“remember, we all stumble, every one of us.

that’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.”

-emily kimbrough

way.

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kinders always find a way.

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“over, under, around, or through. there is always a way.”

-sherrilyn kenyon, acheron

first time.

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today on the first day

we welcomed our

 new multi-age kinders class

(3s, 4s, and early 5s)

each in their own age and stage

to our school

many for the first time.

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“everybody has to learn for the first time.”

-joshua lederberg
 (1925 – 2008) american molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the united states space program. 1958 nobel prize winner.

 

 

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image credit: rural images

busy.

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the busy work of designing and building

the playground bridge and dam

a bigger project than the panama canal.

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“i’m in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious.”

-isabelle adjani

jungle.

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as we made our way through the jungle of giant leaves, 

only one of us spotted a tiger and we looked out for each other.

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“on a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.”
― tahir shah, House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City