By Sara Zacuto "Trust yourself, yes, but also trust children. They know what they need to do." ~Bev Bos
Tag: reflective teaching
Slabs and Structures
By Rebecca Sadler
"Using clay gives children another language for expressing thoughts, ideas, and emerging working theories about their world...helping them to make their thinking and learning visible." ~Lisa Terreni
Self-Portraits
By Lilly Green
“When we invite children to create self-portraits, we offer them mirrors and encourage long, sustained study of their faces from [an] unfamiliar perspective. Then we ask them to re-create themselves on paper, weaving together the image that they see in the mirror with the person they experience themselves to be. Their portraits are eloquent statements of self.” ~Ann Pelo
The Power of Black and White
By Lilly Green
“Before launching into the full spectrum of color, stand at its edge with white and black, the beginning and the end. Black and white provide a frame though which we more clearly see and understand color. Side by side on paper, the contrast between black and white calls each more fully to life.”
~ Ann Pelo
A Safe Place To Struggle
By Sara Zacuto
"Social relations are rewarding, but rarely easy. Young kids are making their first forays into friendship and just beginning to figure this out. Instead of forcing friendships, adults need to guide all kids in gaining better social skills."
~Heather Shumaker
Creativity is Limitless
by Kelsie Castro
“Children need the freedom to appreciate the infinite resources of their hands, their eyes and their ears, the resources of forms, materials, sounds and colors.” - Loris Malaguzzi
Power Play
by Sara Zacuto
"Play is not a luxury but rather a crucial dynamic of healthy physical, intellectual, and social-emotional development at all age levels."
-David Elkind
It’s About the Story
By Kelsie Castro
"How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?"
~Fred Rogers
It’s A River Party!
by Eric Eyman
“Children need safe enough environments in which to play and explore, and they need free access to the tools, ideas, and people (including playmates) that can help them along their own chosen paths.”
~Peter Gray
Nurturework
By Sara Zacuto
“Children need to be loved as they are, and for who they are. When that happens, they can accept themselves as fundamentally good people, even when they screw up or fall short. And with this basic need met, they’re also freer to accept (and help) other people. Unconditional love, in short, is what children require in order to flourish.”
~Alfie Kohn
