This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The photos show our first and second grade celebration of Earthday. My own celebration was to carry the camera along and take photos of emergent life. The top photo is of a small hickory tree with its first leaves of the year. Last year the leaves were all killed by late frost, so it is a pleasure to see a more normal spring. Below are our students gathered around the stone table made by our high school students last year. Outdoor education and time in the outdoors exploring and imagining are an important part of development that is being ignored in most schools.
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