The Knowing Garden would like to welcome you to our Community Board! Our school is owned and operated by the parents and community of our school and we need volunteer officers for the 2012 school year Board. Please email us to request an application. All experiences are welcome.
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… Monday 16 January 2012 Week 16: Sunny Days in the Garden I love teaching and learning in an open classroom! While we blasted off to “Spaceland” and contemplated how water got into space and on comets, and playing comet catch, we also …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… Saturday 7 January 2012 Week 15: New Year. New Plans. Dear Families, New year. New plans. This week we officially added “chair building” to the schedule. Currently it takesplace before opening meeting. Chair ships and groovy snack shacks are made and the …
Words of wisdom for a new year of parenting Experts list the resolutions they’d like parents to make in the new year By Heidi Stevens, Tribune Newspapers December 27, 2011 Q: What should parents resolve to do in the new year? These parenting experts offer a few suggestions: “Put down …
The Washington Post Why community schools are part of the answer By Valerie Strauss If there was a hearing that the D.C. Council should not have allowed to be cancelled at the last minute, as happened last week, it would be on this: creating community schools. Why? Because community schools …
by Peter Gray, An excerpt from Psychology Today In the spring of 2008, Lenore Skenazy, a resident of Queens in New York City, left her 9-year-old son off at Bloomingdale’s in midtown Manhattan, in the middle of a sunny Sunday, gave him a handful of quarters, $20 for emergencies, a …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… Sunday 4 December 2011 Week 12: Ginger Travels the World Dear Parent,After a long week off we have all been finding ways of reconnecting. As always, park day is a great environment for that. The students played as a whole as well …
Dear TKG Community, Its time for another book collection! We have found that children’s, best-seller fiction, cooking and gardening are the most popular with the Torrance Farmers Market shoppers. Do you have any books to donate? If so, please contact us at info (at) knowinggarden (dot) org to confirm drop …
THE LOCATION FOR The Knowing Garden’s October Community Meeting (tomorrow) Saturday October 29th 10 to 11am HAS MOVED to a residence Please contact us at info (at) knowinggarden (dot) org for the address. On the agenda: Pick up On-going and 2012 Enrollment Information, Meet our teacher Michelle Goldbach-Johnson Pick up …
