Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS ------>peeks around the corner to see if there are any Starbucks bashers out there... My Starbucks cup has a very interesting quote on it this morning. Usually I read my cup and don't give what I've read a second thought. This one, however, made me smile because it reminds me of how I prepared my daughter for preschool. This morning I got my four bucks worth (in wisdom, anyway). THE WAY I SEE IT #181 A child's mind isn't a blank slate; it's more of a jungle. Each time a parent helps a toddler read, the child is walked through this jungle from one side to the other. Trip after trip, a seemingly impossible passage becomes a well-worn path. Children sent to kindergarten skipping merrily along this path to literacy fare far better than those sent to school with machetes. ---Keith Mastrion, 1998 National Teacher of the Year
Originally Posted By chickendumpling That is awesome, 999. Thanks for sharing! What a totally great way to conceptualize that.
Originally Posted By officerminnie That is a great quote! Hopefully parents are reading their coffee cups, and then going home and reading to their children!!!
Originally Posted By avromark All my cup of joe said was "Toujours Frais" T'was a triple, triple it was.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut ok, first, awesome quote. If more parents took the time to read with their kids we would be alot better off. But I was thinking of a counter to that, fo no other reason but to think of a counter. Just being argumentative I guess. lol (stiring up trouble on a friday kind of thing) anyways, Does the well worn patch provide a cage of safety hampering the childs ability to explore with the machete? To forge their own path. Ok so its not the best thought in the world. lol
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I just sent that quote to my sis with the toddler. It's just a tad late for me to send my 10 year old to Kindergarden, with or without machete .
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS peeaanuut.. Come on..it is universally known that machete slinging is covered in second grade.
Originally Posted By tink2680 >>Does the well worn patch provide a cage of safety hampering the childs ability to explore with the machete? To forge their own path.<< No, they can still go off and explore, but the path being there ensures that they have a safe or correct way to get out if their explorations turn up nothing. The other child has no way of ensuring that they get out with anything useful, they might get lucky, but probably not. In fact the child on the path is familiar with the place and may even explore further and better than the one who is clueless because they feel safer. BTW as a preschool teacher I totally agree with that quote, I advocate reading over everything else. If a parent chooses to only do one thing for their child it should be to read to them everyday from birth. I truly believe that strong literary skills help you in every aspect of life.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<Come on..it is universally known that machete slinging is covered in second grade.>> It was an elective. lol <<No, they can still go off and explore, but the path being there ensures that they have a safe or correct way to get out if their explorations turn up nothing. The other child has no way of ensuring that they get out with anything useful, they might get lucky, but probably not. In fact the child on the path is familiar with the place and may even explore further and better than the one who is clueless because they feel safer. >> Good response.
Originally Posted By smeeeko we got a #182 quote by Jazz great Dave Grusin about thinking 'inside the box' (sometimes those quotes stink.. but the 181 reading quote is great exception and the 182 I got this morning is pretty good too: "In my career I've found that 'thinking outside the box' works better if I know what's "inside the box." In music (as in life) we need to understand our pertinent history... and moving on itis much easier once we know where we've been." -Dave Grusin *end quote* makes me nuts when you ask someone about something and they have no idea what band or musician you are talking about.. I understand the concept of liking 'who you like' (I'm that way with classical and jazz stuff.. but to not even have a concept of who came before to inspire the modern jazz folks or rock musicians.. or golfers, or whoever.. history lives in every thing.. (I think I just created a new sig line for myself.. hee hee).
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I drink my coffee out of the same cup everyday. One of my brothers gave it to me. The sid eof it says "Way To Go, S---head".
Originally Posted By tink2680 >>Good response<< Thanks, it must be the teacher in me, besides I couldn't come up with anything witty, that must come from being a teacher too, only 3 year olds find what I say funny.
