Monthly Archives: June 2012

As our final week of school winds down, the classroom feels very charged.  We’ve been using our visual calendar to count down the days, replacing the days we’ve been in school with hearts.  The wall is now full of hearts … Continue reading →

It is such a privilege to meet these children right where they are in their lives; so untouched by all the baggage that detracts from who we really are as we get older.  We get to meet them and experience … Continue reading →

“I’m not a very good drawer,” I always tell my class before I begin to draw something for them.  “But I’m going to do my best and I think you’ll be able to tell what it is.”  (I use drawing … Continue reading →

Thinking about relationships and trust today. How truly important it is to develop this with each child – each child, even the ones that are difficult to connect with – before you can build community in a classroom. I had dinner … Continue reading →