FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 5

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein   Hello Community!  Here are some highlights from our classrooms: Meeting Discussions: UPSTAIRS//We have the right to feel loved! Ask your sprout if they feel loved at school and how they help others feel loved. …

TKG LEARN: Trust.

Trust by Lisa A. McCrohan//BarefootBarn Blog I hurriedly stuck my hand into my bag looking for my keys. Rushing, feeling frustrated, feeling like there were too many things to do and not enough time, getting irritated with myself for not being compassionate with myself because “I should know better” (how’s …

FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 3

“Coming together is the beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.” ~ Henry Ford   Can you believe it is October?! Let’s peek into our classrooms: Meeting Discussions: Upstairs (5 to 7)//This week we read lots of books during meeting and discussed friendship, how to join plans, and …

FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 30

“The highest result of education is tolerance” ― Helen Keller This week at TKG: Last Park Day inspired reflection and growth: Michelle thought it was a prime opportunity to review and reflect on our Bill of Rights.  Her method was to use studio to focus the discussion.  Students were invited …

FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 20

  “For this feeling of wonder shows that you are a philosopher, since wonder is the only beginning of philosophy.” ― Plato, Theaetetus WONDER.  As parents and teachers – the scaffolding for our sprouts – we are evolving in to co-wonderers.  Re-imagining our role in learning… While exploring park day …