Using the fantastic line drawings in the Goodnews translation ( "find me the story behind the sketch" was challenge to them from their class sets) one often difficult kid pipes up " Where can I get one and how much does it cost?" He was serious and i was stumped.
Finally got the school to agree - he and 8 others will get one free,next week .Those line drawing stories is what they hooked into.
Friday, December 7, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Litte Bright sparks
You may not have noticed, but yesterday here in Colac, it
was windy . Primary school teachers sure knew. The kids were wild as they often
are when the weather is like this . They
all seem to turn into little Van Degraff generators; ready to spark or
repelling everything around them . All three classes were the same . Managed to
get them focused on their ideas of " what's amazing" These 9 YO's
came up with "Taken 2, videogames , friends, animals, stars , the human
body and the inevitable in each class --"I am" . Told them the story
of how the warring Maori tribes on north island of NZ took a the gospel of Luke in their own
language to the south island before any white missionaries arrived there (now that's amazing)- and how so many
islanders now share flowers not weapons. One kid pipes up out of the blue
" your amazing" --now I was like a big Van dergraff generator . Later
that day one guy paid me (OCRFM) a three
figure sum to promote himself on radio. I thought later , no amount of money
would get someone to say what that kid said to me that day. Its a really foul
wind that doesn't blow some good into our lives . Keep at it
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
How to tell your teacher is on the point of burnout
-- The kindergarten kids are heard singing, "A-B-C-D, E-whatever, whatever...."
-- She uses words like angst ,malice ,murder ,violence, aggression, treachery , rebellion , in the spelling bee .
Maybe you have some more
-- She uses words like angst ,malice ,murder ,violence, aggression, treachery , rebellion , in the spelling bee .
Maybe you have some more
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