Weekly Newsletter #18 – Community-Wide “Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its …
Weekly Newsletter #16 – 5 to 7 Class “Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak!” ― George Bernard Shaw Growing Ideas Hello, hello, hello, I’ve made a point to use as little (modern) technology as possible this weekend so I’m …
“Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ― Rumi Expanding Minds, Complex Topics What does it mean to engage in a process of acting upon empowerment, stepping into an innovative role in the world? Who deserves to be called a citizen? Are nine, ten …
The following excerpt appeared in a recent school newsletter, to inspire parents to build on our belief that reading at school should be fun, interesting and personal. This will in turn improve academic outcome and fuel creativity. Imagine if you will…the assigned reading is “unassigned!” “Forget Baby Einstein. The single …
This article appeared as a “Resource Of The Week” in our parent newsletter: Rigor and Kindergarten. At TKG, we know that those two words go together when children (or an individual child) are asking for it. We will encourage our students to engage academic rigor, as their developmental capacity (ZPD) expands. …
This article appeared in one of our weekly newsletters (learning documentation piece) to parents as a resource in understanding one of our school values: capacity building (the skills that enable our students to solve problems – their own, with each other and within community). A New Business Strategy: Treating Employees …
Welcome to The Knowing Garden. Join our community of self-propelled learners inspired to take risks and innovate. This open house is for interested families and the maker community! The Knowing Garden Elementary School offers a collaborative and interactive approach to education. Our teacher and parent community empowers individuals to love learning, cultivate …
Welcome to The Knowing Garden. Join our community of self-propelled learners inspired to take risks and innovate. The Knowing Garden Elementary School offers a collaborative and interactive approach to education. Our teacher and parent community empowers individuals to love learning, cultivate relationships, embrace nature and engage with the world as innovators and catalysts. Our …
This article appeared as a parent resource in a weekly newsletter, Week #5: We know how kids learn. We know what classes should look like. And yet many classes around the South Bay look almost the opposite. Why is that? It is possible that many of us are caught in the middle of …
