All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom is not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.
These are the things I learned:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life-learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and work everyday some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out in the world, watch for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
Be aware of wonder.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere!
Poem by Robert Fulghum

Monday, February 2, 2009

Webinar with Robin Moore

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Today we spent the morning listening to award-winning storyteller and author Robin Moore speak about the history and legends behind Groundhog's Day. We used Elluminate web conferencing software, the Internet, and our new projection system called a SmartBoard(which was graciously awarded to K108 by the Keystone Education Foundation for a grant I wrote this past November) to join the webinar along with over 100 other classrooms across the state. The webinar was sponsored the the PA Department of Education. I hope to find more age-appropriate Webinars for us to participate in, and we are all very excited about the endless ways that we can use our new SmartBoard in everyday instruction.
Robin Moore is an award-winning author and storyteller who grew up in and still lives in the mountains of Pennsylvania. He comes from a long line of storytellers. He has actually visited Keystone Elementary in the past to share his stories and books. As we all know, Phil did indeed see his shadow this morning so that means the dreaded SIX MORE WEEKS of this already loooooong winter. Think spring anyway!

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