The daily meanderings of a teacher

Category: The Foxfire Approach to Teaching

  • Setting an example is such a simple lesson plan

    Bird Droppings December 30, 2015 Setting an example is such a simple lesson plan “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans I have over the…

  • Can teachers use learning as their pallet?

    Bird Droppings December 29, 2015 Can teachers use learning as their pallet? I wrote the basics of this article nearly eleven years ago and at the time was thinking of an artist friend who was trying to define her art as well as searching for her own meaning in life. My friend often reflects her…

  • Where is the passion?

    Bird Droppings December 28, 2015 Where is the passion? I was sitting facing a rising sun thankful for a new day yesterday the first sunlight in many mornings. It was ironic as I was sitting on an overturned five gallon plastic bucket next to a small circle of smooth river rocks facing east, listening to…

  • It is the small pieces that seriously matter not how many presents

    Bird Droppings December 25, 2015 It is the small pieces that seriously matter not how many presents I was driving around and read a holiday post or two one caught my attention arguing the idea of Santa’s gifts. Santa is first a legend contrived over the years and developed sadly to be more of a…

  • Understanding the symbols of life

    Bird Droppings December 22, 2015 Understanding the symbols of life I was recently in a discussion about child by four years old can identify hundreds of symbols. McDonalds, Burger King etc. Yet most cannot identify a single bird, tree or flower. This was not a discussion from my house since my own children grew up…

  • Have YOU been Naughty or Nice

    Bird Droppings December 17, 2015 Have YOU been Naughty or Nice I have a friend doing random acts of kindness currently. She committed to an act of kindness every day. I try and live my life that way and I do make mistakes. But each day now she posted her act. At first I was…

  • Sometimes there is Risk

    Bird Droppings December 15, 2015 Sometimes there is Risk It has been nearly a year since I drove my wife to work and while heading back caught sight of a glorious sunrise beginning. By the time I got to the house I had a few minutes to run in side and get a decent camera…

  • Example is such a simple lesson plan

    Bird Droppings December 14, 2015 Example is such a simple lesson plan “We taught our children by both example and instruction, but with an emphasis on example, because all learning is a dead language to one who gets it second hand.” Kent Nerburn, The Wisdom of the Native Americans I have over the years looked…

  • Longing for the simplicity

    Bird Droppings December 11, 2015 Longing for the simplicity I was thinking back a few years around this time. My reading and writing was taking a beating with the getting ready for the end of the semester, a trip to North Carolina and new grandbaby, and driving my wife to and from work since she…

  • Waiting for a miracle

    Bird Droppings December 10, 2015 Waiting for a miracle Miracle is a word used often by people of faith. It is an explanation for things that happen with no apparent cause and or rationale. It seems we all sit waiting for miracles perhaps waiting for that solution to pop up, to show its self and…