tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post2878632559120125649..comments2024-03-26T07:07:14.304-07:00Comments on Teacher Tom: I'm A Curriculum Planning GeniusTeacher Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14606781724784785338noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-74683368479456133722010-11-23T04:43:34.139-08:002010-11-23T04:43:34.139-08:00HI Tom ! just a note to tell you how much i apprec...HI Tom ! just a note to tell you how much i appreciate your blog... I have a practicum student in my at home program right now and we were discussing this same thing yesterday.She was in tears over planning... I sat her down, we looked at photos from the week, discussed what the children were doing in the photos, and she was amazed to discover that the children had planned their curriculum for her. After 12 years of working with children they will never cease to amaze me... love your blog - and thanks for sharing your knowledge.<br />light and peaceDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16914248025313621826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-74703221065969773692010-11-21T23:36:21.581-08:002010-11-21T23:36:21.581-08:00What a lovely way to correlate a well thought out ...What a lovely way to correlate a well thought out article and compliment it with a video:-)<br /><br />I love the fact of the matter that kids can be so brilliant about using materials in a multiplicity of ways to reflect their ideas, thoughts, and imaginations. <br /><br />I also love the fact of the matter that the central theme of the play unraveled after accidentally leaving behind those "bags." I've done this before in the classroom with boxes of stuff or leaving gardening tools out an about in the school yard. Before you know it, their digging in and quickly you forget what curriculum plan you had in mind that day. And you look at the smiles on the kids faces, and you remind your self sometimes that all this planning is sometimes better if it goes out the "window," or better yet, if they initiate it.<br /><br />Thanks Teacher Tom for a wonderful stream of posts and supporting the whole child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-58292130079599402682010-11-21T22:09:01.314-08:002010-11-21T22:09:01.314-08:00Shez and I call them 'accidental experiments&#...Shez and I call them 'accidental experiments' and they usually result in the best un-planning of our program too!<br />Donna :) :)<br /><br />I'm going to share this on our Facebook page too Tom.<br />http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Irresistible-Ideas-For-Play-Based-Learning/121305887884646?ref=tsPlay for Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08475920387209134195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-39691357682978685082010-11-21T15:03:48.943-08:002010-11-21T15:03:48.943-08:00Love it Tom - the idea of forgetting about things ...Love it Tom - the idea of forgetting about things and then taking credit is something I do all the time :)<br /><br />And can I just say that our freaky worlds have collided again because I had those mesh bags at preschool last week too. They did the rounds of the playground and were used for this and that before being cut into squares and put on the craft table.Let the Children Playhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121823006891382199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-58751278274514653512010-11-21T09:54:22.204-08:002010-11-21T09:54:22.204-08:00Great post and Thanks for sharing the video too! ...Great post and Thanks for sharing the video too! KerriElle Belles Bowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09435743749228341493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-58116805913078270302010-11-21T08:43:22.390-08:002010-11-21T08:43:22.390-08:00I love you innovative ideas and Gung- ho approach!...I love you innovative ideas and Gung- ho approach! I follow you and look forward to your postings!<br />Terrific,you are.inspiredmontessorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09888308357405145344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15932919.post-76901908573107186292010-11-21T08:25:42.955-08:002010-11-21T08:25:42.955-08:00What a great video. Thanks for sharing this. I hav...What a great video. Thanks for sharing this. I have been loving the green mesh masks!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732673603804548204noreply@blogger.com