Weekly Newsletter #13 – 5 to 7 Class “Play flows out of friendship and friendship flows out of play. The relationship works both ways and equally well, but the children are not convinced that this is so, a suspicion that grows stronger as they grow older.” —Vivian Gussin Paley All You Need …
Weekly Newsletter #12 – 7 to 9 Class “You’ve got to know what you want. This is central to acting on your intentions. When you know what you want, you realize that all there is left then is time management. You’ll manage your time to achieve your goals because you …
Welcome Back to TKG Book Club! This is an on-going now and then series… We are reading CREATIVE SCHOOLS by Ken Robinson & Lou Aronica . Buy the book via our SMILE link on our website: http://www.knowinggarden.dreamhosters.com. Thursday 11 Feb at 6:30pm The event is open to our entire community …
This article is a PT RESOURCE. JoAnn Deak, one of our favorite thinkers reminds us that when the window opens, sculpt your brain! If you’re up on the latest neurological research, you know that experiencing challenge is what educator and psychologist JoAnn Deak, PhD, might say is a fine time …
Weekly Newsletter #4 – 9 to 11 Class “To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero Please read our …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 27 September 2015 Weekly Newsletter #3 – 7 to 9 Class “Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard and valued, when they can give and receive without judgement.” -Brene Brown Otoño ha llegado! (fall has arrived). On the …
WHAT THE BEST EDUCATION SYSTEMS ARE DOING RIGHT – IDEAS.TED.COM Extracurricular choice, intrinsic motivation. Grit and perseverance. These are ideas that help us build TKG’s emerging curriculum. This curriculum supports the development of a community hub where people (children and adults) can gain knowledge about: themselves, how to grow their physical/social/emotional capacity and how to advance …
This article appears as a PT RESOURCE. We curate a wide variety of tools and ideas to help support the parents who work in our classroom – so that they can be empowered to develop deep relationships with students and work in partnership with our teachers. *** Are there blow-outs …
The Knowing Garden is proud to announce that we will open our third classroom, for students ages 9 to 11, this Fall. Our founding students, along with some new colleagues, are set to break ice and sail on toward extending their academic endeavors and community involvement. Magdalena Garcia, will walk …
