Thriving Children
Preparing Children With Experiance, Love, and Stability
Curiosity and Drive
Important to My Teaching
Let the Body and Mind Breath
Learning in a Diferent Setting
Taught by Gardening
Rudolf Steiner-
Dr. Maria Montessori-
Our Time Together
I imagine this beautiful flow of learning and experience with the children. Parents encourage the children into the environment that I provide. As the parents leave I am the loving hand that bring the children into the safe, fun, learning experience. I believe if children feel security they are more open with self and others.
Letting them play is the first thing I would do while I step back and observe. This is important, observing with “clean eyes” everyday. This provides the children the opportunity to choose the pace and dance of the day. Meaning that you can choose curriculum with more introvert or extrovert learning based on the children’s body language, voice, and actions.
Activities that require sitting, listening, reading, really anything that demands the child to think only inside is introvert learning to me. On the other hand, extrovert learning is to dance, sing, run, the expression and letting out thinking and release of body and mind. Tension and release is important for children to learn and develop in its entirety.
Nutrition will take part in our day; this is also an important contribution to success in children’s education and development. This is when I believe the garden will come in play. Not only does the children help water, care, and feed the garden they learn math, science, English, history, contribution to others, and a since of self worth. Growing a garden together is educationally brilliant. They are giving to the garden and receiving from the garden. They all have to take part of the care for the garden for it to produce for everyone. I love this idea and I want to be in a position to provide this for a class.
This is why I concluded that teaching alternative education is right for me. I would be able to do the garden, introvert and extrovert learning. Letting them be children is most of all importance. The salary of a public school teacher and an alternative school teacher does not matter more than my passion. I do have a family to provide for but thankfully I have a husband to contribute financially with me. So this dream of becoming a teacher in an alternative school can come true.