a fine and special treat shared
as we begin our adventure together
homemade foraged ice cream
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“to see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower –
hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.’
-william blake
Sep12
Tag Archives: learning
Sep2
piaget. (repost-computer still in flux)
*Jean Piaget (1896-1980) in his office.
Shout out to all those who didn’t tidy their office before the start of the school year.
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“simple solutions seldom are. it takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.”
-alfred north whitehead
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*Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait, and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.
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credit: modern language association
Aug28
figuring it out.
how to fit 4 kids and 1 log into 1 boat and get 2 to paddle it to make it move ahead?
use the trial and error and figure it out as you go method.
“if you wait to figure out everything before starting anything, it’ll never happen.”
― d
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glen lake, glen arbor, michigan, usa – summer 2021
Aug9
remotely interested.
when not at home
i am often reminded
that there is always a learning curve
upon encountering new remotes
as is often the case
they seem to have been designed
by someone who wanted to add
lots of colorful or completely unmarked obscure buttons
i am far from winning or fully appreciating the options
luckily i have my secret weapons – my grandies
who can navigate their way around them with ease.
—
“i couldn’t find the remote control to the remote control.”
-steven wright
May14
butterflies are free.
after one final close look
at the butterflies we raised
it’s time to release them back into nature
where they quickly find their wings.
“the butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
-rabindranath tagore
May12
rainbow.
have you ever touched a rainbow?
it’s pure magic.
“and as he spoke of understanding,
i looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.”
-Black Elk
May6
why fly?
why oh why does our paper fly?
we’ll try over and over and over again
until we find out why.
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“learning never exhausts the mind.”
-leonardo da vinci
Jan29
snowball.
our class has been taking a close look at snow and ice
after reading them
the first book i ever read all by myself
‘snow’ by p.d. eastman
brought a snowball in from outside
named it ned
popped it in our freezer
check on it every now and then
take ned out for just a little bit
see if it’s still cold and in the shape of a snowball and if it’s drippy
hope that ned will be with us throughout the season
even if he goes away in the spring
we’re pretty sure he’ll be back next winter.
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Jan26
the genius of each.
as i worked on report cards over the last week
putting together my notes
gathering my thoughts
sharing my stories
telling their stories
i was reminded
that each child
has
their own gifts
their own challenges
yet each shares
without fail
a curiosity
a sense of wonder about the world
a desire to learn
and does so
in their own way.
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“Do not train children to learn by force and harshness,
but direct them to it by what amuses their minds,
so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy
the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”
-Plato
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image credit: Radhusets Julkalender 2012 – Arte del libro, Arte dell’illusrazione
Oct14
it’s complicated.
oh, we all have those days
you start out by not having your water bottle
so you get a special halloween cup of water
it gets tipped over when you are cutting
you go to get a paper towel to dry it up
but you come back with what you can find
toilet paper
that gets wet and mushy
the extra part rolls out on the floor
your coat falls off of the back of your chair
the paper you were cutting gets soaked and chopped into little pieces
because you are really good at cutting
you can’t find the cap to your marker
because it rolled off your table
now it might dry up
all you have left are the dark color crayons
you don’t get time to finish your cheez-its
because you are trying to clean up
the ones that are left get wet and are mushy
you go out to recess and run and run and go on a pirate adventure
your teachers love you anyway and tell you it happens to them too
and it’s all okay.
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“there’s no limit to how complicated things can get,
on account of one thing always leading to another.”
-E. B. White
I didn't have my glasses on.... 