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Deictic Delights
It’s a typographic joy with all its whitespace and judicious mix of fonts. Sparrow 66 Black Sparrow Press, March 1978 It features a poem by Gerard Malanga “This Will Kill That”. As with many paratextual matters, not sure if the … Continue reading
Early Ongoing Learning
Adrian Miles put the case eloquently for treating play with due respect. Indeed. For all the rhetoric about student based learning and the rest of it at the end of the day it largely is about providing an environment that … Continue reading
Telling Typo
In a previous post quoting from Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman, “act” appears for “art”. A chair might become numbers, numbers act, and art either or both. And so it appeared on day 122 (15.04.2007) under the rubric “More on … Continue reading
Gifts
Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman is a beautiful book. Design complements content. Which is fitting in a book devoted to Froebel’s system. […] the ultimate lesson of kindergarten was straightforward: the world (nature), mathematics (knowledge), and art (beauty) were interchangeable, … Continue reading
More on Diversity and Moral Character
Norman Brosterman in Inventing Kindergarten No two days in the kindergarten week were exactly the same. Gifts and occupations changed, music and games were varied, nature walks and gardening were included, and daily themes rotated — unity in diversity was … Continue reading