Our Book club is open to the community! We gather around a book, every other month, to deepen our understanding of our selves, our families and our school. This month, we are reading PLAYFUL PARENTING by Lawrence J. Cohen (buy it from the Amazon link on our home page and …
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ― Mother Teresa WHO ARE WE? We are actors. There has been on-going student interest in the wedding play, including those who are not involved yet. Early in the week the bride turned into a zombie! Sprouts shared …
When it comes to international results, Finland’s schools score consistently at the top. However, pupils study the fewest number of class hours in the developed world. The BBC travels to Helsinki to find out the secret of the Finns’ education success. At TKG, we are not “improving” on the existing model, we …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 14 October 2012 Week 6 News & Information “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” — Victor Frankl Six Weeks Families! …
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 …
The AERO conference Keynotes are being broadcast on USTREAM. It all started with is Naomi Aldort on Thursday night. Tonight (Friday) will be Sir Ken Robinson’s talk titled “Transforming Education” at 6:30pm PDT. Saturday night, the keynote by Jerry Mintz & Occupy Portland will be livestreamed at about 7:15pm PDT …
Please join us for our final 2012 Parent Information Workshop: We will present information on our school and tour the classroom with our teacher. Additionally, Melody Elder, M.A. Ed, of Awakened Heart Pareneting, will moderate our discussion on the education REVOLUTION and how it comes to life in an environment …
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 …
Week 11: Holiday Spirit! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. Mine was full of family and friend visits, lots of relaxing sprinkled with projects, and entirely too much football and desserts! I can’t wait to catch up with everyone and hear about your adventures. Tomorrow we will meet …
