#teachboldly

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Spring pep talk! Love working with Northside Baptist Preschool! I've been visiting the school for years and we've grown so much together! So grateful for our journey. Can't wait for our Spring Celebration next week! Happy full worm moon planting and Equinox!! @farmtoschool #teachboldly @pbs.teachers https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQHrfzu8X0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Lots of little hands make light work. I received great help from 2-4yr olds yesterday. With focus, they weeded, added compost, planted strawberries, garlic, and shelled beans.A teacher said. "They could have shelled beans for hours". Ha! I think there may have been one or two that could have. A key I use teaching is to break up several connecting activities, while highlighting senses, and move through our space with hands on learning with context. Having purpose, learning skills, and sharing in the excitement keeps us flowing. Directed learning at this young age is not a perfect model for every being. (There are no perfect models) Timing and many other factors are in play as well. Some little people just need to move and explore without close parameters, just like us all. But also like us all, I'd say lots of little people also need/ want "lightly" guided times to be purposefully engaging and growing with the world around them. These class/ wkshps had students this young engaged for over 45min. Even though I don't teach at the school often I teach here seasonally and throughout the year. The director said that she could tell that this particular group had been with me through the seasons.<3 #teachoutside #teachboldly #outdoorlearning @farmtoschool #manyhandsmakelightwork #ladybuglove #earlychildhoodeducation (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVxnT3PLnDF/?utm_medium=tumblr

So I got to hang out with one of my favorite gal pals and make flower crowns today! She exclaimed that she is a queen is now very strong. This is a great activity for ages as young as two or three on up to 120. Its Especially a great activity to do before all the flowers go to sleep for the winter. There's so much Discovery in our garden and I was thrilled to see our first praying mantis today. So much is popping up after the rain and the mushrooms are beautiful! As a teacher and a human its so important and connecting to be present for those magic moments....the moments where we are in awe of this beautiful planet we get to share. #teachboldly #teachoutside #earthlover #naturebasedlearning #ladybuglove (at Lone Oak, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUyNfe5Ja99/?utm_medium=tumblr

Super happy and grateful to dig in at this lovely preschool and install a summer garden for when the children return. I had to add a little lovey art. #beelove . . . . . . . @gafarmtoece @farmtoschool @pbs.teachers #ladybugfun #ladybugeventsllc #teachboldly #hugs #gardeneducation #atlantaga (at Northside Drive Baptist Church - Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyeG97JPXC/?igshid=1qvdo3pvg9paj

My teacher/director friend, Joanne in Sarasota, shared this today. Yes yes yes! Love opens the heart and the mind. . . . . . . . . . . @pbs.teachers @littleonesfp #love #teachboldly #imateacher https://www.instagram.com/p/B7QwahRpqCR/?igshid=v8dloqz91psa

Love Love Love Miami and the beautiful needed movement of nature based immersive Ed/play led by Patti and her open heart team of lovely beings @miaminatureplayschool . To see little people truly learning and being in nature, playing in mud, building castles for bug friends, teaching me what bugs eat... And more in magical urban farms and forest parks truly fills my cup with goodness this 2020. Love my teacher friends! Let's get kids out and feeling the arms of mother nature all around. . . . . #natureplay #naturebasededucation #goals #preschoolteacher #teachboldly #getoutside #playandlearn (at Enchanted Forest Elaine Gordon Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7D63S8piPW/?igshid=mj0hp223ozrz

#Dramaticplay #mulching turns to loving actions in our garden! Inside we pretend to be winter plants ,cozy under a sheer fabric. This leads us to understand that like us, plants thrive if they are protected. Ages 3+ effortlessly begin mulching our garden after we act it out with play. So fun . . . . .#imateacher #teachboldly @pbs.teachers @gafarmtoece #gardeneducation #gardenkids #grownbykids #playandlearn #prekideas #earlylearning (at Little Ones Learning Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B56bCXqpGLG/?igshid=1qzs72sm3frfl