The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 18 May 2012 Week 32: Highlights & Information Hellllllooooo Families!While you review our week, please keep our school tenets in mind: CONSTRUCTIVISM(expanding existing knowledge) WHOLE CHILD (emotional/cognitive/social/physical) BRAIN FUNCTION & DEVELOPMENT (readiness and willingness) CAPACITY BUILDING (critical thinking, skills for the global …
We are going to the AERO Conference, August 1-5, Portland, Oregon! Please read on for BE THE CATALYST presented by Michelle Goldbach-Johnson our Teacher. Support Michelle’s presentation, costs of travel, accommodations and materials. Please donate! Be the Revolution – presented by Michelle Goldbach-Johnson of TKG Finding the catalyst for the …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 18 March 2012 Week 25: Kitty Kitten Gardeners on the move Dear Families,I’ve recently started reading To Kill a Mockingbird as my non-teaching related book. However, I’m finding myself thinking Scout would love The Knowing Garden. She spends her afternoons climbing trees, …
The Knowing Garden: From under our big tree… 11 February 2012 Week 19: Bears Go Camping Happy Day! Park day was full of walking and exploring. We climbed our favorite trees, found “clues” like feathers, cones, “skunk poop”, a blue bean bag in a tree, and nut looking seed. Some …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… Sunday 22 January 2012 Week 17: Kitties Explore Temperature in Space Kitten role playing continues to play a big role in our day. Occasionally a kitty needs to go to the hospital and recover. This time it was due to pollution …
From under our big tree… Sunday 1 January 2012 Week 14: Winter Shadows Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful winter break and warm holiday season to cap off 2011. I don’t know about you, but I love reflecting on the previous year and contemplating …
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 …
“Travel & Transportation Continued! Arrrr week began at Ryan Park. We heard from each other that pirate ships have masts, sails, hulls, and travel in fleets if there is more than one. Pirate ships have more than one person on it. They have a crew and each person has a …
