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 …
by Gwen Dewar, Ph.D. ParentingScience.com Years ago, it would have been science fiction. You get diabetes because your grandfather didn’t get enough to eat as a child? You suffer from clinical anxiety because your father was a stressed-out teenager? But thanks to the study of epigenetics, these scenarios have become …
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 …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 9 June 2012 Week 35: Highlights & Important Information “Look beyond methods, though, and consider goals. What’s the point of educating students in the first place?…we have reason to worry when schooling is discussed primarily in the context of “global competitiveness” rather …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 2 June 2012 Week 34: Highlights & Important Information “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry JamesThis week was all about… Reading Library Time: Where The Sidewalk Ends is …
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 …
TKG Parenting Workshop: CONSUMING KIDS, THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF CHILDHOOD Tuesday, May 1, 2012 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (PT) Our Classroom in Redondo Beach, CA MELODY ELDER M.A. Ed. of Awakened Heart Parenting, will facilitate our conversation on the role of commercialism in the lives and well-being of …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 25 February 2012 Week 22:Wacky Rhyme Week Dear Family,Kitty Ride World Adventure Park building began this week. Early in the week we brainstormed on what we want in our amusement park, as well as what kittens would like. We drew our blue …
