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37: All We Ever Need To Know

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  "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 stories -- but more than