“There are no facts, only interpretations.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Hope you are having a great weekend. Please remember to register for the P.E.T. Workshop this Tuesday. The facilitator, Meike, is highly recommended by our pal Jennifer Lehr. We are organizing child care (details below) this time! Also, please review the Admin section for information about our upcoming work …
“The best way out is always through.” ― Robert Frost Hello Community! Here are some highlights from our classrooms: Field/Park Day Our first rainy park day was a success! We read “This Way, Ruby!” and paused to observe our surroundings as if we were Ruby. Some of us spotted …
“The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.” ― Peter Shaffer, Five Finger Exercise: A Play More new beginnings this week! Drums, Chess, Spanish…thanks for supporting TKG’s growth. Let’s get to this week in our classrooms: Meeting Discussions: Bill of Rights! Sprouts said …
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” ~ Lao Tzu …and then there were 18! We had a great start to our school year. Where else do you start with a pillow fight on the first day of school? or a community day in nature, the very next …
Our Book club is open to the community! We gather around a book, every other month, to deepen our understanding of our selves, our families and our school. This month, we are reading PLAYFUL PARENTING by Lawrence J. Cohen (buy it from the Amazon link on our home page and …
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist WHO ARE WE?We are explorers and investigators. On park day some sprouts noticed pollen fills the air when you throw big pinecones at the little pinecones on the pine …
“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.” ― Dalai Lama XIV WHO ARE WE? We are explorers. Many of our sprouts have …
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” ― Mother Teresa WHO ARE WE? We are actors. There has been on-going student interest in the wedding play, including those who are not involved yet. Early in the week the bride turned into a zombie! Sprouts shared …
“Schools as we know them are obsolete.” That’s the bold assertion of Sugata Mitra, who has been spending many years exploring how young people teach themselves (and each other) without a “teacher” and whose focus is on “What is going to be the future of learning?” Mitra begins his talk …
