Mister Rogers and Newtown: Quote and image goes viral : It’s a way of leading you out of the bad towards the good.” I’ve looked to Mr. Rogers for almost 40 years. First, as a young mother who wanted quality experiences for my child, then as an early childhood educator looking for quality […]
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Mr. Rogers and being human
December 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Children, Education, family, Important People, Mr. Rogers, Musings, Play
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Teatrekkers come to Salon
January 29th, 2012 · No Comments · eating, Food, Important People, Musings, photo of the week, Teaching & Learning
Teatrekkers could be seen last night at the first of our 2012 Winter Salon evenings. With a dozen friends we learned from Mary Lou and Robert Heiss (the authors of four really excellent books) just a tiny bit about Chinese teas: its origins, how and where what we were tasting was grown, how to brew […]
100 Day Project – Day 58 – The Mad that you feel
November 15th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Important People, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
This is all that I have to say today. Today I’m thinking about being mad and what to do about it (by the way, it’s work related, not family). Thank you, Mr. Rogers, you always know the most about being human and what that means to learning new things.
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100 Day Project – Day 57 – Doing
November 14th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Important People, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning, Work
100 Day Project – Day 57 – 8:45 p.m. “Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn.” Herbert A. Simon (One of the founders of the field of Cognitive Science and […]
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100 Day Project – Day 54 – Pull up a chair
November 8th, 2011 · No Comments · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Important People, Musings, Quote of the Week, Teaching & Learning
100 Day Project – Day 54 – 9:00 pm Today was Advising Day at the community college where I work – a day to sit with your Advisor (for those students who choose to, of course), and talk about your goals, where your studies are going, how they are going, what you want to be […]
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