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PRESCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE. Reflections on a year immersed in Shakespeare. A Democratic Education First Steps toward Self-Governance in the Middle School. By definition, a democratic education is what progressive educators want for children: Howard Gardner describes a progressive education as one in which democratic values are lived, not merely studied. And yet what does that really mean for the day-to-day workings of a school? Our Inquiry into Place. Because they’re so special and magical. Teachers her...
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Gleanings: February 2015
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015. The 100th Day in Kindergarten. In Sabot at Stony Point Kindergarten. The number 100 is a landmark number and deserves its own day. We counted each day that we went to school with the knowledge that when we reached the number 100 we would celebrate. We have discovered that:. The numbers in a column all end with the same number. In each row, as we count left to right the right, the digit goes up by one number but the first digit (the ten) stays the same. As we planned the cele...
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Gleanings: November 2013
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Monday, November 18, 2013. The Perspective of the Child and our Response. The Perspective of a Child and our Response. As educators at Sabot, we spend our days listening to children and considering their perspective. We document moments with our cameras, read their words, consider their thoughts and ideas and view the child's work. What are their intentions? What is propelling them forward What concepts and feelings are they grappling with today? Seem to capture the spirit of childhood in their novels.
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Gleanings: April 2013
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013. What does it feel like to give our love to other people? How can we keep Martin Luther King's words and spirit alive each day? These are questions that we are wrangling with in the Kindergarten. We made a decision to give the handmade stuffed animals to children with challenges that may be different or even the same as ours. The teachers at Sabot had a connection with the teachers at the Circle Preschool and so we began to make plans. Offered some of their thoughts. If I want to ...
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Gleanings: March 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The Neighborhoods of the City. Caroline's first photograph taken. During the field trip. Her snack bag perched in the. Front seat ready for the field trip. One of the things that we have been trying to wrap our head around is the intersubjectivity of the Kindergarten when we reference Richmond. What does Richmond mean for each child in our learning community? What do they see in their mind when we ask questions regarding Richmond? These beacons included Nathan's tower signalling ...
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Gleanings: May 2013
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013. So we took our Friendly Signs on the road and went out into the community to see what would happen if we waved our signs. If people were feeling grouchy would the signs influence their feelings? Would they feel less grouchy? We were excited but we took this expedition seriously. We documented the conversations that we had with the people we encountered. We dropped to our knees and started writing immediately. We went inside Joe's Inn and we talked to two of the workers. One sai...
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Gleanings: September 2014
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Monday, September 29, 2014. Umbrella Day in Richmond, Virginia. This is a skyscraper and those are too. These are people parachuting from the sky. Oliver. OUR RICHMOND is the Umbrella project this year for the community at Sabot at Stony Point. Families, teachers and students will explore the city they call home, Richmond. This project prompted all lower and middle school classes to venture off campus on September 24 and travel into the city. Le: We will go by my house because I live in Richmond. The chi...
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Gleanings: May 2015
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Tuesday, May 12, 2015. A River Runs Through It. The excitement was palpable but the children definitely took some quiet moments to absorb it all. One of my favorite moments during our field trip. Occurred when we gave each child their City Journals and a black thinking pen. The children became reflective and observant. The. Dyson's City Journal has pages and pages of sparse abstract pictures of the river landscape including the rocks, churning water and bridge. Some of the confusion regarding the number ...
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Gleanings: December 2013
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Friday, December 6, 2013. What does it mean to listen? It is one of those questions that we think we know the answer and yet when we stop to really consider the question we are at a loss for words. The Kindergarten teachers and I joined the mothership (the preschool teachers) for a discussion regarding the book The Hundred Languages of Children. We had read the chapter entitled the "Pedagogy of Listening". The entire chapter was powerful but one sentence really resonated with me:. I have been listening t...
