Category Archives: All part of the process

Beautiful Weeds/ finding the cracks in the curriculum.

Posted on May 2, 2009 by randomyriad

I think so much of working with children is about the teacher finding something that she has a passion for, something that she has fun with and finding a way to use this passion to energize the children. That means … Continue reading →

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Moving Away from Balance

Posted on April 18, 2009 by randomyriad

From Reach to Tilt The light shot strikes the corrugated pattern of the stone wall. A lip accounts a tube, undulating throughout a cruel century, The spirit ventures, a lonely tooth shaming the agony reflected in a delicate molecule. Cement … Continue reading →

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Beginning the Journey Again

Posted on April 12, 2009 by randomyriad

I wrote a comment on a list to a student who was wondering if the Reggio Emilia child centered approach to preschool was they way to go for a teacher just starting out. After I wrote I realized it really … Continue reading →

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I’ve Been Thinking About Recovery and Discovery

Posted on April 5, 2009 by randomyriad

I have been reading May Sarton‘s journal called Recovering which is initially about recovering from the loss of her life partner due to onset of senility and finally recovery from cancer and a radical mastectomy. May Sarton’s writing was published … Continue reading →

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A Failed Experiment: A New Plan

Posted on February 22, 2009 by randomyriad

I started out this week intent on focusing on the light and got lost in a dense gray fog of fatigue and indifference ending in a black funk. I have no idea how things happen this way. This all ended … Continue reading →

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