Sticks in Play
I can’t help myself but to allow sticks to enter into games and play. No one has lost an eye…knock on wood… But what is real play, without some risk?
Categories: Super Heroism, War Play, Cops and Robbers,etc.
The Living Classroom
- First Weeks – Math StationsMath comes in all shapes and sizes in our classroom. It varies by the day, by the grade, by what other activities we incorporate it into and by our mood. Sometimes it is a part of a larger project that includes writing, nature, building. Other times I set it up in stations, having manipulatives available [...]
- First Weeks – Daystar & Castle ParkThis is year four of our bi-weekly trips to Daystar Retirement Village. It is beautiful, awe inspiring, moving and oh so real. The kids just fall in like leaves in the wind, without hesitation, without over-thinking etiquette or age. It often sends me to tears just to watch the innocent meet innocent. What a lovely [...]
- The Adventures of Tuck the TurtleWhen I first fished Tuck out of a lake while fishing with my dad over a year ago, I had NO idea what an important part of the classroom he would become. I brought him home and decided to take him in to show the kids and they LOVED him and so did we. Paul [...]
- First DaysIt was such an easy, fluid, peaceful morning. I kept walking around thinking, how beautiful is this. Meeting new people, inviting those who have come from somewhere else into the fold with such grace and love. So much cooperation was had, so much rekindling of relationships, and so very much joy shared. (Aidan writes and writes and [...]
- Last DaysLast Days (August 20th & 21st – Daystar, Castle Park, dance party & graduation) I love that as we posed for the above portraits at Castle Park, and I held you each to me, I could feel the beating of each of your hearts. So much magic in that sound and the rhythm of them against my hands. It [...]
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