37: All We Ever Need To Know

"Most of what I need to know about how to live, and what to do and how to be, I learned in Kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery school." -Robert Fulghum What is your best memory of Kindergarten? Ever since I started teaching again in Kindergarten, this was a question that I always asked myself to help ground and guide me in supporting the children's learning and growth. I've always believed that the core memories that I collected when I was 5 years old will help shape the adventure that I could give the children in Kindergarten 2 -- one that is filled with valuable learnings, wonder, and joy. More than 9 months later and here we are, about to close this school year's chapter, a few days short of saying goodbye to Kindergarten 2. We learned a thing or two about experiments, saving the planet through the 3Rs, and how to make our imagination come to life through st...