Renee Dokmanovich, one of our founding parents, is leading a 6 week Echo/Connected Parenting class series at TKG, beginning Tuesday Sept 29th at 7:00pm. Renee is a registered nurse and mother of 11 year old twins and a 7 year old. She has followed Echo’s parenting philosophy since the birth …
Behold The Entrenched — And Reviled — Annual Review By YUKI NOGUCHI/NPR Our progress assessments focus on the individual’s evolution and personal goals. At least three times each year, you hear from your teacher about your student’s discreet skills as well as their whole child well-being. Straight-forward development benchmarks coupled with …
“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden Good Morning! You may have heard that our Innovation Lab/Project Time has a new layer. We began with role playing in the neighborhood and developing characters and making mini books. For one of our books, my provocation …
One of our goals at TKG: to give students and parents many opportunities to see things through a different lens. Try on wonder, mischief, be a scientist or a shaman…when openness or growth becomes a mindset, your potential changes immediately. This week’s resource, from The Atlantic/Education was chosen to help …
Can Perseverance Be Taught? This was featured as a Parent Teacher resource in Weekly Newsletter Week 19. Each newsletter offers a tip, tool or research to help parents who work in the classroom feel more grounded in their classroom experience. “This question is motivated by two everyday intuitions, both of …
“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” ― May Sarton By now, you’ve heard us talk about growth edges. In our context, it is the space just outside what a student can do autonomously, with help from a teacher or parent …
At TKG, we create opportunities for physical stimulation and release that can help students to feel regulated and ready to take on learning explorations. Each classroom offers unique opportunities to help students listen to and know their bodies; coupled with Field Day, Crossfit-inspired P.E. and community dance parties, we encourage the flow of oxytocin …
We are looking forward to discussing and learning about: Playful Parenting by Larry Cohen @The Knowing Garden Community School Thursday, April 23, 2015 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PDT) Redondo Beach, CA Welcome Back to TKG Book Club! This is an on-going now and then series! We are reading …
by LAUREN DAVIS in The Atlantic At TKG, we value real-life learning, learning collaboratively, mindfulness, empathy and self-awareness. We know that each of us is unique, we are stronger together and that we must constantly reflect and evaluate in order to move forward with a purpose. We definitely know that …
