Learning about Safety through Play and Mistakes

TKG is a special place because self-awareness and confidence-building are part of academic learning. By switching phrases from “Be Careful!” to something more specific and open-ended, we all learn about trust, cooperation, collaboration, and resilience. Recently, our classroom has been outdoors and that means, more exposure to experiences with flora …

TKG LEARN: Summer Camps with TKG

TKG is now offering Summer Programs, aligned with our School mission & values, for our students and our greater community. Enrollment at TKG is not necessary to participate. The following camps are available this Summer, 2016: SUMMER FIELD DAYS Powered by Eventbrite Nature Week: TKG’s Environmental Stewards Camp July18-22 Powered …

Enrollment Open House & MakerFair – Sat 6 Feb

Welcome to The Knowing Garden. Join our community of self-propelled learners inspired to take risks and innovate. This open house is for interested families and the maker community! The Knowing Garden Elementary School offers a collaborative and interactive approach to education. Our teacher and parent community empowers individuals to love learning, cultivate …

“From Under Our Big Tree” Newsletter #8 – School Wide

“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”  ― Brené Brown  Dear Friend, Happy Daylight Savings Day! Friendly reminder: childcare reservations are strongly recommended for this Thursday’s meeting. This Thursday, we will have our parent meeting. I look forward to getting together with you to connect, …

“From Under Our Big Tree” Newsletter: Week #2 at our School (2015)

The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 20 September 2015 Weekly Newsletter #2 – Community-Wide “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero Dear Community Member, Home-school folders will be given to your children this week. For returning families, we called them …

TKG KNOW: Redefining Rigor

    This Article, from Dangerously Irrelevant, was a community resource in one of our weekly newsletters.  At TKG, we are working on improving the educational experience not improving on the existing model.  There have been wonderful and difficult experiences along the way and we depend on the community of …