FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 9

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done. -Jean Piaget Dear Families, Please read about November Park Days (drop off and pick up are at different locations) and don’t …

FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 8

“All children have preparedness, potential, curiosity and interest in constructing their learning, in engaging in social interaction and in negotiating with everything the environment brings to them.” -Lella Gandini Greetings Gardeners!Please be sure to read about How To Teach Math (Parent Teacher section) and our Community Reminders. A Froggy search …

TKG KNOW: Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School about Creative Thinking

Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School about Creative Thinking Aspects of Creative Thinking that are not usually taught. Author: Michael Michalko We’ve been educated to process information based upon what has happened in the past, what past thinkers thought, and what exists now. Once we think we know …

FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 4

The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 29 September 2012 Week 4 News & Information The oak sleeps in the acorn. -James Allen Dear Community, Friendships are forming!  From having different partners during counting collections, sharing mirrors, building forts, gardening, to outside of school meetings and play, bonds are …

TKG LISTEN: THE PEDAGOGY OF LISTENING

INNOVATIONS In early education: the international reggio exchange/ September 2001   THE PEDAGOGY OF LISTENING: The Listening Perspective from Reggio Emilia By Carlina Rinaldi Carlina Rinaldi is the Pedagogical Consultant for Reggio Children and was formerly the Pedagogical Director of the Reggio Emilia Municipal Early Childhood Centers. Car/ina is currently on …

LAST CHANCE Playful Parenting Workshop with Lawrence J. Cohen REGISTRATION

Wednesday, September 5th 2012, 6PM at The Knowing Garden Playful Parenting means joining children in their world of play, focusing on connection and confidence, giggling and roughhousing, and following your child’s lead. Lawrence Cohen, PhD, psychologist, author, and consultant will be at The Knowing Garden for a special talk on …

TKG SCIENCE: Your early life stress can reprogram your kid’s DNA?!

by Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. ParentingScience.com Years ago, it would have been science fiction. You get diabetes because your grandfather didn’t get enough to eat as a child? You suffer from clinical anxiety because your father was a stressed-out teenager? But thanks to the study of epigenetics, these scenarios have become …