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Challenge Assumptions!
Galileo’s ideas challenged the assumptions of his time and culture. The mere suggestion that the earth was not the center of all creation with humans being at the center of the center, was ludicrous, even heretical! The proposition that we lived in a helio-centric system and all that it implied, threatened the stronghold (and [...]
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The Future Is Open!
There is so much more that is unknown and undiscovered about nearly everything than is currently known and understood.
The word “science” comes from the root - to know. And school textbooks give the impression that the sciences are based on irrefutable evidence and hard facts.
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say “science” means our [...]
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What Is Art For?
Art lives at the heart of what makes us human.
What is art for?
If not to inspire and motivate us to our best, then what?
If not to engender hope, to light a candle in the darkness, then what?
If not to reflect back to us the brilliant human potential, causing uplift and upgrade, then what?
What is [...]
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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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Confidence
Little Johnny Whitaker was rambling down the alleyway on his way to the Saturday afternoon baseball game with his buddies. Bat, mitt and ball in hand, White Sox cap on head, he was ready for the big game!
“Johnny ‘Blue Eyes’ Whitaker, best hitter in the world!” he called out as he pitched himself the [...]
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What is School to a Child?
What is school to a child?
It may be a refuge, a safe place, a warm place.
It may be the one decent meal in a day.
It might very well be the one constant in their life.
It may be a big place, an overwhelming place, a confusing place, where a familiar face makes all the difference.
It [...]
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Connective Language Arts
Here is an exercise to help expand and enhance vocabulary. It is a way to make words come alive! You and your students will enjoy a lifetime of learning from it…
Words, words, words! We use them all the time, thousands and thousands every day.
Do you feel that your words really connect? Does your use [...]
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