After nearly 10 months in classrooms, engaging and watching kids and their teachers, I am reveling in my quiet summer. The school year hums and clacks, gears engaged. Summertime breathes and sighs, everything billowy and imprecise. I like the change of “soundery” as well as the change of scenery. I want to bottle the peace and quiet and birdsong and monsoon rainstorm to bring into the classroom next month. I want to let it out of the bottle and see if we–the kids and I–can recreate some quietude right in the middle of a big, messy, noisy classroom.
Summertime is for quieting my mind which in turn feeds my soul. I teach best on a well-fed soul. Here’s something that might feed yours. Enjoy this TED talk about creativity and education.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-05-25