Care!

Today we lost Maurice Sendak, but his spirit and wisdom live on. He is perhaps best known for his book, Where the Wild Things Are. It was a favorite read-aloud book for my students during the six years that I was a third grade teacher.  The kids were mesmerized.


Below are a variety of readings.  Do you have a favorite?







President's Reading:



Of course, there is even a movie:

Of course, the web is awash with lesson plans and resources for using Wild Things in the classroom and beyond.

My personal favorite of Sendak's books, however, is Pierre. Kids love this one as well, and it is a great book to initiate discussion on caring and compassion.










Lesson Plans for Pierre

Caring and Compassion at LIA Resources

Featuring Nel Noddings

"We hear a noise in the cellar and we go up to the attic and find trunkloads of algebra and SAT tests." ~ Nel Noddings

"To know what matters to you, observe your actions." ~ Nel Noddings


Nel Noddings: The Ethics of Care and Education

Infed: "Caring in Education"

"Excellence as a Guide to Educational Conversation"

"A Morally Defensible Mission of Schools in the 21st Century"

"I'm Here"

Thanks to the PLN, Ernie Easter, Deb Barrow, Paul Reynolds, and others for pointing this video out:

Unless Someone Cares

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~The Lorax, Dr. Suess

It's been a good day. My youngest niece, Emily, played Sour Kangaroo with enthusiasm in Auburn Little Theater's production of Seussical Jr. Community theater is magical . . . and this performance was no exception. The idea of gathering a diverse group of people, assigning roles, learning skills, practicing, and working as a team to create a performance to delight an audience is the essence of good project-based education.

Shouldn't schools be doing more of it?

"Is there a common denominator that transcends the millenium -- that will survive the amazing technological revolution that we are in? All the technology, programs, buildings, and other resources that we have, will not have the life-changing power of one caring person"

"The Common Denominator is you."

~ Dr. Mark Eastman

Essential Question: In the end, what is most important?

Character at LIM Resources

Caring/Compassion

Process Skills at LIM Resources

Wisdom of Dr. Seuss