when the pre-k friends meet up with their second grade friends
there is much to celebrate and talk about.
—
“friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”
-woodrow t. wilson
Dec9
Tag Archives: learning
Dec7
interlocking.
a couple of enterprising 5-year olds
create the raised walkway
many 3s, 4s and 5s
try it out
for quality control
offering their suggestions
when
they
or
the boards
fall down
rebuilding as they go.
—
“in most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence,
mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.”
—max depree
Oct21
good things come.
first time ever
on a school bus
on a field trip
looking at the world
passing by
and
full of wonder.
—
“good things come, and i’m not just referring to riding the buses.”
-lionel blue
Oct19
cups runneth over.
lots of cups and lots of ideas
—
“building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form.
we should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking,
but all in harmony together.”
-alvar aalto
Sep27
seeing.
“i see the trees and the sky in the water
and when we
throw things in the water
it makes circles. “
(-the kinders)
—
“there is no better designer than nature.”
~ alexander mcQueen
May20
grow.
we plant
we nourish
we shop
and
we learn
from the farmers at the market
we become farmers with our own market.
—
“when tillage begins, other arts follow.
the farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.”
-daniel webste
May13
learn as you go.
and
so it begins
writing a book with two of the grandies
we
have a story
and
have no idea
where it will go
the possibilities are endless
and
that is what makes it so exciting.
—
“writing is an exploration.
you start from nothing and learn as you go.”
-e. l. doctorow
May3
keyhole.
“what is a scientist after all?
it is a curious man looking through a keyhole,
the keyhole of nature,
trying to know what’s going on.”
-jacques cousteau
Apr28
wings.
kinders offer their presentations
to
the other kinders
and to us
their teachers.
they are very excited
as
they tell us
all about
the animals
they have studied.
one teaches us about
the colorful parrot.
another one asks
‘why do they fly?’
kinder answers
‘so they can see the world.’
in this moment
of clarity and understanding
she has
traded places with us
and has
become the teacher
and
we learn so much from her.
—
“feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?”
-frida kahlo
—
image credit: boredpanda.com
Apr27
go together.
team problem solving
4 grandies and 1 wagon
lots of sizes
lots of weight
lots of ages
lots of ideas
lots of feelings
1 bent axle
1 road at the end
how to get it back up the driveway
who wants to pull
who wants to push
who wants to ride
who wants to walk
how can we do it so no one cries?
—
“if you want to go quickly, go alone.
if you want to go far, go together.”
~african proverb.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 