January 2012
33 posts
Haiku
The frog jumps.
The water ripples.
The world spins.
-Alon, age 9
The cats leap from tree to tree.
Tears echo in caves.
A Goddess is weeping.
- Gabbie, age 11
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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”
– Albert Camus (via blankpagesandinvisibleink)
What teachers want to tell parents →
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Re.Vu →
It creates visual resumes! After trying it, I looked at my traditional resume and thought, pfft..forgetaboutit…
“Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.”
– Joseph Campbell
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“The Builders
All are architects of Fate,
Working in these walls of Time;...”
– by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Teacher Tom: I Don't Worry About Our World So Much →
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Escape Adulthood →
Cure adultitis! Also contains great ideas on how to help your students grow up, without losing that childhood sense of wonder…
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“These instances remind me that in this age of mass-production and materialism,...”
– Escape Adulthood by Kim and Jason
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“Stories..they came alive in the telling. Without a human voice to read them...”
– John Conolly, in The Book of Lost Things
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Hey! It's this easy to make Chalkboard Paint! →
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Big-Kid-free day
Expected a quiet morning with seven-year olds, as the big kids are out camping for the weekend.
WRONG.
4 seven-seven year olds can cause the same ruckus as when they are here with the big kids. And that was creative writing class.
Art class is up next.
Going to get coffee now.
Yes, re-blogging student poetry →
Young Bards: “The Thunderstorm” by A.L.S.
My heart is pounding. Sweat trickled down my bruised face. How long is this gonna last?
Me and my two sisters have been hiding in this mine for weeks. By the way, my name is Jake. And my two sisters are all named the same. Ekaj, which as you migh notice is my name spelled backwards. Right now we…
Untitled Poem 1 by M.Y.
youngbards:
When I see the rain I ask why it falls
It’s as if the Earth is giving it calls.
Woah, it’s pretty odd how the sun shines
It does seem as bright as an explosion of mines.
-10.11.11
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