What does it mean to re-invent education? It means building on the concepts that work and integrating the information & practices that empower people. It doesn’t just apply to schools – it transfers to real life: * * *The Dutch Village Where Everyone Has Dementia*** When Yvonne van …
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” ― Albert Einstein What Have We Been Learning, Anyway? Hola y bienvenidos a Marzo! This week I wanted to share with you a broader view of our overall classroom experiences. I hope this summary helps you to see the over arching concepts we are working on …
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” ― Mahatma Gandhi We are Explorers As mathematicians we have been working on “Rainbow to Ten” and finding all the number combinations that make ten. Through art, games, and fun hands-on activities we are starting to …
Try to broaden your ideas of what our students are capable of—besides math and reading—this year. And just for fun…look at this list checklist from a 1979 child-rearing series: Can your child “draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?” Of course. Can she count “eight to ten …
We learn by doing! On this recent field trip to the Downey Space Center we learned about: orbits, robotics, stars, public speaking, engineering…and more! This was one of our experiments:
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 …
Weekly Newsletter #7 – 5 to 7 Class “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.” ― Rumi It feels like every year about this time some students begin getting silly with the idea of having no teachers. Usually they talk about how they would mess …
“Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.” ― Deepak Chopra Don’t forget! We have a field trip to UCLA’s Fowler Museum this Friday. Also, we have our monthly parent meeting on Nov 5 – this is a parent participation event. Special note! Grapes …
