3: All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
The author, Robert Fulghum, in his famous essay said that all he ever really needed to know, he learned in Kindergarten. While I don’t completely agree with everything he wrote — since we gain more wisdom as we get older — he does make a good point. Many of the essential things that we need to know to be a good human being, we start learning in Kindergarten. And this week, we did just that. A big part of the IB program focuses on the traits — or those we call the attributes of the learner profiles — that we would like for our children to develop throughout their PYP years. On Being Caring The story called The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt paved the way for our lesson on learning how to be caring. In the story, the different colors of the crayons wrote notes to their owner, Duncan. They each had a grievance to share, especially on how each of them is being used and treated. After reading the story in class, one of the reflections that came out was the importance of