“Healthy curiosity is a great key in innovation.” ― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Innovation Adventures on the Horizon We have been doing a lot of thinking about Social Justice, one of our school values, as it relates to the establishment of the United States, the Civil rights movement and in current events, with a …
Weekly Newsletter #13 – 5 to 7 Class “Play flows out of friendship and friendship flows out of play. The relationship works both ways and equally well, but the children are not convinced that this is so, a suspicion that grows stronger as they grow older.” —Vivian Gussin Paley All You Need …
From the BRILLIANT BLOG: The Importance of “Talking Math” With Kids Monday, January 13, 2014 Do you speak math with your kids? Many of us feel completely comfortable talking about letters, words and sentences with our children—reading to them at night, helping them decode their own books, noting messages on …
“When I take my expectations out of the equation, every experience is valuable and unique.” ~ Shannon Minor Wow! This week flew by…just like the rest of 2013! The counting caterpillar shows that we have been in school 45 days, and my how we have grown. Students are finding …
“A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected.” ― Reif Larsen, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet A new month brings new wonderings, new plans, and new …
“Character is created by encountering and overcoming failure.” By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL Published: August 23, 2012 in The New York Times Most readers of The New York Times probably subscribe to what Paul Tough calls “the cognitive hypothesis”: the belief “that success today depends primarily on cognitive skills — the kind …
The Knowing Garden From under our big tree… 2 June 2012 Week 34: Highlights & Important Information “Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry JamesThis week was all about… Reading Library Time: Where The Sidewalk Ends is …
We are pleased to announce that The Knowing Garden Open Enrollment for the 2012-13 school year is now open and will run through Friday, February 17, 2012. Enrollment for the 2011 year is on-going. We hope you will join one of our Parent Information Nights which will be held in …
Week 5: Puzzles, Projects and Problem Solving! Dear TKG Families, What an AMAZING week! – We built and explored the ocean blue in our submarine. – We went on a rain walk and observed rain flowing down a hill because “it is like a ramp”, rain falls sideways when it …
