On this page the following entries were made in the “January, 2010” time-frame.
Archive for “January, 2010”
To Be A Child
Do you remember what it feels like to be a child?
To wake up in the morning tingling and trembling with excitement because there is a whole new day to discover!
To be unafraid of the unknown. But to be so comforted by what is familiar.
To barely be able to contain oneself because life is just [...]
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Not Resources, Resourcefulness!
Whatever your teaching ecology happens to be, wherever you are helping to “grow” young learners, here is an analogy that provides some food for thought…
Agriculture
The further we have moved away from the source of our food, the more disconnected we have become from our bodies, the earth’s natural cycles and systems and the natural [...]
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Patience
Patience is an enduring love for natural process.
It is a “being with”, an abiding with another life without imposition.
Patience is the teacher who has the space and time for every child, fast or slow, red or blue, straight or round… It is a presence, a warmth, an encouragement… kind but firm.
It is fulfilling the [...]
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Is Your Heart In It?
My grandmother was an extraordinary human being. She was a feisty, smart, extremely talented and lovely woman who, as she related to me, grew up with all the disadvantages of privilege. Pretty much everything was provided for her from cradle to grave, she said. But in her twenties, in the nineteen twenties, she [...]
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Trust
We trust others as we trust ourselves.
One of the greatest gifts we can give to the youngsters in our care is trust. It starts with having a deep trust in oneself, in the deeper parts of oneself. Before you can extend genuine trust to others, especially the children in your care, it’s got [...]
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