We Shall Overcome
Dear Readers: This is the beginning of the third year I have been writing this blog about nature, culture, teaching, learning and childhood. My intention has been fourfold: 1) to…
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January 22, 2020
Here I try to mobilize powerful, transformative, wonderful ideas relevant to children, childhood, learning, teaching and culture. These ideas orient us to fields of action, forces, and the material conditions and causes of the formation of human subjects. Sometimes ideas that are not “wonderful” will be addressed because they have a significant impact on the lives of children and the people who educate and take care of them. This is the infinite archive of wonderful ideas imagined by Borges, reimagined by every child with a “library card” to the universe
Stay Human
December 27th, 2019 I have been working on a broadside about how we as adults have a tendency to put our heads in the sand when it comes to supporting…
December 27, 2019
Top Twenty Plants for Kids
This list is taken from Lovejoy's Roots, Shoots , Buckets and Boots Pumpkins of all shapes sizes and colors Sunflowers Gourds Corn Berries Hollyhocks Carrots Mimosas Poppies Tomatoes Alliums…
April 17, 2019
Childism
Folks listen up and take notice! If you are a parent, teacher, caretaker of children, or at all interested in the welfare of children in any way, and you care…
May 30, 2018
Resources for Cultivating Wonder
Tips for tapping into a child's innate sense of curiosity and wonder http://www.easternflorida.edu/community-resources/child-development-centers/parent-resource-library/documents/curiosity-and-wonder.pdf Good general principles for nurturing a sense of wonder https://www.playfullearning.net/resource/nurturing-a-sense-of-wonder/ More great sugggestions for developing the child's…
March 29, 2018