one of my kinders
made me this bracelet
and said it would
give me power.
it worked.
—
“the power of imagination makes us infinite.”
-john muir
Apr7
Tag Archives: learning
Apr4
brighter.
no students today
teachers get together to talk and play
and
to see how it feels for our kids
as we encourage them to experiment
to play with the process
rather than make a project
for the pure joy of creation
we try out materials
with no expected outcome
just for the chance to see what will happen
when we are finished
we share what we’ve made with each other
and as it happens
each one is a beauty in its own way.
—
“colours are brighter when the mind is open.”
-adriana alarcon
Mar30
gnosiophobia.
“lalalalalalalalalalalala……..”
gnosiophobia is the fear of knowledge.
—
image credit: quickanddirtytips.com
Mar4
key.
a trio of kinders, a ring of keys, a door to our classroom….
—
“optimism is the key.”
-will champion
Feb15
clarity.
when you find a perfect circle of ice
in the bottom of a sand pail
and hold it to the winter’s sun
things become crystal clear.
—
“there is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes
do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.”
-dieter f. uchtdorf
Feb9
fire and ice.
just chillin’ in the polar ice cave
when quite suddenly
a firefighter
from out of nowhere
makes a daring rescue
and
enters stage left.
—
“it’s more fun to experience things when you don’t know what’s going to happen.”
-louis c. k.
Feb7
organized.
m organized the world according to the animals.
some live in the water, some with grass and trees, some with sand and stone, and some with snow and ice.
—
“science is organized knowledge. wisdom is organized life.”
-immanuel kant
Jan12
enchanted.
today we found a beautiful flower that survived
under the snow and ice and rain and arctic temperatures of january.
were very surprised.
it must be enchanted.
“the only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature
are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment.
they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.”
-g. k. chesterton
Jan11
magnets.
after much trial and error and an ‘aha’ moment,
the kinders figured out what magnets do and found a place to put them.
—
“a teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.”
~ever garrison
Jan6
big things i learned from my tiny kinders today while creating with them.
“this color smells like love.”
“if i put this red piece of tape here it might keep all of this stuff from falling off my plate.”
—
“the good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.”
-bertrand russell
