This is a picture of me when I was about 3 years old. It has always been of my favorite! This was taken at our summer beach house. Growing up in the hot state of South Carolina, I spent a lot of time as a young children running around in a swimsuit. I still love the beach and enjoy taking my son there now and making fond memories.
Where The Wild Thing Are by: Maurice Sendak has always been one of my favorite stories. I loved it as a child and I bough it for my son before he was even born. I love how the simplicity of the scene, his bedroom, evolves into such a dramatic story. I think it is a wonderful example of how a child's mind works. Their imaginations are amazing and I find that this book really exemplifies this.
I love the quote...
"Education doesn't need to be reformed -- it needs to be transformed. The key this transformation is not to standardize education, but to personalize it, to build achievement on discovering the individual talents of each child, to put students in an environment where they want to learn and where they can naturally discover their true passions."
from Ken Robinson's The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. I feel like if we, as teachers, could do more of this in our own classrooms it would help build a better future and society of individuals. I believe each child should grow and develop at their own pace and not be lumped into a "group" during their early childhood years. This leads to labeling and sometimes, no matter how hard a child tries, it is nearly impossible to break out of these "label" given at such a young age.
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