http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog Inspired Education Songs In Motion Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:36:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many, many moons ago, I was living in a indigenous village of close to 200 people (100 dogs, 70 burros, 50 pigs, 30 goats and 1000 chickens) along the Pacific coast of southern central Peru. It was called San Vicente de Azpitia. These were thoughtful, hardworking, gentle, kind-hearted and ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/safety/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/challenge-assumptions/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/the-future-is-open/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/what-is-art-for/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/to-be-a-child/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/not-resources-resourcefulness/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/patience/ 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, ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/is-your-heart-in-it/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/trust/ 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 ... http://talkinghandstalkingfeet.com/blog/confidence/