Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
~Albert Einstein
~Albert Einstein
How shall we live? Even kindergarten students struggle with this question. How did we get here you might ask? It all started when we decided to vote on a new class rule.
While reading The Sharing Circle by Theresa "Corky" Larsen-Jonasson, we found it was our duty to care for everyone. Because of the importance of this concept, our class voted to see if this should be our class rule. We voted it down, 6 to 5. Really? Did we know what we just did? For those who voted the rule down, Mrs. McKinnon posed a question: So you don't want to care about anyone then? After some thought, all students, except one, changed their votes. What about that one person who held out? It was pretty simple. I only like some people. Should we only care for the people we like or should we care for everyone, even if it included our enemies? As we continued to grapple with this question, our class realized one thing while reading The Three Questions by Jon Muth: The most significant time we have happens right now, so whoever we are with and whatever we are doing at that moment becomes the most important. Come with us on our journey. The kindergarten students continue to struggle to convince their teacher to buy a fish for the class. How about looking at their beauty? You know, Mrs. McKinnon, fish are big and sparkly, not to mention really, really, really shiny!
"What I think… get a fish because, because they’re beautiful and I like fish and when you see a fish you’ll like it." (AR) That didn't quite do it, so the class pulled out the big stops: "Something cool about fish: They can swim really good. When you see their swimming moves, you'll want a fish..." (ACM) Just when the class thought they had it in the bag, Mrs. McKinnon told the class her secret... Should just the kindergarten students compost or should we encourage others to compost, too? This is the question we discussed today.
Our decision: Everyone in our school should compost. What will we need: 6 pails and Compost posters for each class Decide which students will look after which class' compost pail. |
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