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: teaching
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
Mar4
key.
a trio of kinders, a ring of keys, a door to our classroom….
—
“optimism is the key.”
-will champion
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
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
Dec9
cement.
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
Oct31
the rule of three.
happy halloween from paper and her team.
—
‘knife, fork, spoon. rock, paper, scissors.
it’s the rule of three.”
-stephanie meyer
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
Oct4
dash.
goldilocks makes a break for it during our dramatic retelling of ‘the 3 bears.’
—
“whenever you meet difficult situations dash forward bravely and joyfully.”
— tsunetomo yamamoto
I didn't have my glasses on.... 