Whole Child – The Knowing Garden Elementary School

TKG KNOW: 5 Simple Lessons for Social and Emotional Learning

June 30, 2014 June 30, 2014

This article, originally featured on Edutopia.com, inspired one of our Parent Teacher Tools. The feedback from our parents in a general sense was: “what can I do to get more comfortable with helping students move through big feelings even though I’m not always comfortable with it?” This is exciting on …

FROM UNDER OUR BIG TREE: Week 15 (5 to 7 Class)

February 8, 2014 March 3, 2014

“Welcome those big sticky, complicated problems. In them are the most powerful opportunities. ” ~ Ralph Marston Our first week back has been filled with LOVE (word of the week), and of course, disconnections. We used our arms to spell it (think Y-M-C-A as L-O-V-E), and talked about ways to show love: …