I found this story and i thought it is really high time for me to make 4 of these Gnomes for JE.
The Adventure of the Four Punctuation Marks (A 4th/5th grade skit by Gail Klar)
Several characters represent each punctuation mark. Each group enters as the narrator describes them. They then proceed to walk through the forest while talking.
Narrator: One day in the forest four friends were walking, and each of these comrades was doing much talking. First marched the FULL STOP- who often kept tiring. (Period marches and stops; marches and stops...)
Then came the QUESTION MARK - curious, inquiring. (Question Mark peers left and right, looks up, explores...)
The EXCLAMATION POINT followed, excited, surprised; (Exclamation Point makes excited movements, astonished pauses)
The COMMA, well-breathing, light-stepping, small-sized. (Comma weaves lightly from side to side, with measured breath)
FULL STOP: It's dark in here. The trees are high. I firmly trudge and heave a sigh.
Question Mark: Why are the trees so slender and tall? Where do they come from? Why don't they fall?
Exclamation Point: Alas! Oh look! It's so exciting! This place is spooky! It's so inviting!
Comma: It's mysterious, colorful, magical, gloomy, beautiful, soft, enormous, quite roomy...
(A Bear enters and the Exclamation Point interrupts the Comma and exclaims:)
Exclamation Point: Oh, my gosh! Help! Help! Look there! Look what's coming! A bear! A bear!
FULL STOP: Quiet down, friend. Don't jump in the air. Now, let me see. It is a bear.
Question Mark: Do you think he is hungry? Do you think he will eat us? If we try to escape, do you think he will beat us?
Comma: He's a grizzly, ferocious, massive, black heap. I think we had better flee, fly, dash, run, leap.
Exclamation Point: Well, let's not just stand here! No time to waste! He's coming much closer! Quick! Let's make haste!
(All the Punctuation Marks run very quickly off stage.)
CURTAIN.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
为什么华德福教育提倡老师和父母给孩子制作玩具呢？
抄来的：
“为什么华德福教育提倡老师和父母给孩子制作玩具呢？这仅仅是为了满足孩子玩的需要而为他们提供纯天然的、或者适合他们年龄特点的玩具吗？
首先，华德福教育认为，学龄前的孩子主要是通过模仿来学习，老师或者父母在孩子面前制作玩具，这本身就为孩子提供了一个很好的学习机会。这里所说的学习机会，并不意味着单纯让孩子感受、学习玩具制作，而是提供给孩子比这更为重要的学习内容。制作一个手工玩具可能需要花费几个小时甚至几天的时间，如果成人在制作玩具的过程中，能做到聚精会神、持之以恒，同时内心充满轻松和喜悦。这些对待工作的态度和作风会为孩子模仿树立好的榜样，从中孩子可以学会专注、耐心、工作是愉快的等品质。当然老师和父母带着对孩子的真爱来制作，这样的玩具中自然而然就融入了老师和父母的情感，这些是孩子完全能够体会到的，因而他们的内心也会受到这些情感的感染，这样的玩具甚至可以让成人和孩子的心贴的更近。这才是孩子真正渴望和珍惜的。一个买来的现成的玩具当中，完全不包含类似的可以让孩子感受到的情感，所以，孩子玩不了多久就会对其失去兴趣。为什么华德福幼儿园在孩子自由游戏时，老师经常是安静地在做手工，也许现在你可以真正理解了。
其次，每一个孩子天生都有与众不同的想象力和创造力，华德福教育注重的是保护孩子这些与生俱来的天赋，所以注重让孩子体验整个过程，这比只是简单的让他们得到一个结果更重要。一根带树皮的树枝，经过老师的加工变成了一只可爱的小鸟；或者各种不同色彩的毛线，最终成为一个迷人的娃娃。这些对成人来说可能非常简单，但对孩子来说就不同了。孩子对整个世界都具有极强的好奇心，在树枝不断地减少、毛线不断地增加的过程中，当孩子看到这些，也会主动发挥他们的想象力。”
“为什么华德福教育提倡老师和父母给孩子制作玩具呢？这仅仅是为了满足孩子玩的需要而为他们提供纯天然的、或者适合他们年龄特点的玩具吗？
首先，华德福教育认为，学龄前的孩子主要是通过模仿来学习，老师或者父母在孩子面前制作玩具，这本身就为孩子提供了一个很好的学习机会。这里所说的学习机会，并不意味着单纯让孩子感受、学习玩具制作，而是提供给孩子比这更为重要的学习内容。制作一个手工玩具可能需要花费几个小时甚至几天的时间，如果成人在制作玩具的过程中，能做到聚精会神、持之以恒，同时内心充满轻松和喜悦。这些对待工作的态度和作风会为孩子模仿树立好的榜样，从中孩子可以学会专注、耐心、工作是愉快的等品质。当然老师和父母带着对孩子的真爱来制作，这样的玩具中自然而然就融入了老师和父母的情感，这些是孩子完全能够体会到的，因而他们的内心也会受到这些情感的感染，这样的玩具甚至可以让成人和孩子的心贴的更近。这才是孩子真正渴望和珍惜的。一个买来的现成的玩具当中，完全不包含类似的可以让孩子感受到的情感，所以，孩子玩不了多久就会对其失去兴趣。为什么华德福幼儿园在孩子自由游戏时，老师经常是安静地在做手工，也许现在你可以真正理解了。
其次，每一个孩子天生都有与众不同的想象力和创造力，华德福教育注重的是保护孩子这些与生俱来的天赋，所以注重让孩子体验整个过程，这比只是简单的让他们得到一个结果更重要。一根带树皮的树枝，经过老师的加工变成了一只可爱的小鸟；或者各种不同色彩的毛线，最终成为一个迷人的娃娃。这些对成人来说可能非常简单，但对孩子来说就不同了。孩子对整个世界都具有极强的好奇心，在树枝不断地减少、毛线不断地增加的过程中，当孩子看到这些，也会主动发挥他们的想象力。”
Sunday, August 14, 2011
曾经
曾经喜欢过我的男生，看到他一家幸福的照片，真替他开心。
那时，不为所动。这是10多年前的事。
还有一个男生，那是Ken，后来他回国了。提起曾经约我出去，怎么我都不知道呢？我不是后悔或什么。。而是感恩自己的‘迟钝’。。。要不‘迟钝’，就搞更多事了。哈哈。
这只是今世呵，前世呢？还有前前世呢？
曾经喜欢过我的男生。。。我都祝福他有个幸福美满的生活。
诚如，我也希望，身边的朋友都祝福我幸福美满一样。
确实，我真的很幸福，生活很写意。
祝福每一个众生，尤其是在这与盂兰盆节，平安快乐。
那时，不为所动。这是10多年前的事。
还有一个男生，那是Ken，后来他回国了。提起曾经约我出去，怎么我都不知道呢？我不是后悔或什么。。而是感恩自己的‘迟钝’。。。要不‘迟钝’，就搞更多事了。哈哈。
这只是今世呵，前世呢？还有前前世呢？
曾经喜欢过我的男生。。。我都祝福他有个幸福美满的生活。
诚如，我也希望，身边的朋友都祝福我幸福美满一样。
确实，我真的很幸福，生活很写意。
祝福每一个众生，尤其是在这与盂兰盆节，平安快乐。
Saturday, July 30, 2011
长寿的秘诀 -- 星云大师
"记者：您今年84岁高龄，您的母亲也活到90多岁，你们家族长寿的秘诀是什么？
星云大师：长寿要有长寿的因缘，要简单啊，淡泊啊，运动啊，心宽啊，喜悦啊，正派啊，放下啊，舍得啊，欢喜啊，慈悲啊。”
是呀，淡泊，舍得。。。欢欢喜喜迎接这个早晨，这期生命。但切非为了长寿。：）
星云大师：长寿要有长寿的因缘，要简单啊，淡泊啊，运动啊，心宽啊，喜悦啊，正派啊，放下啊，舍得啊，欢喜啊，慈悲啊。”
是呀，淡泊，舍得。。。欢欢喜喜迎接这个早晨，这期生命。但切非为了长寿。：）
Rudolf Steiner's words
"The heart of the Waldorf method is that education is an art – it must speak to the child's experience. To educate the whole child, his heart and his will must be reached, as well as the mind."---Rudolf Steiner
Sunday, July 24, 2011
To Dream Or Not To Dream?
Following the post on To Waldorf Or Not To Waldorf, I thought it might be good for me to think of myself as a dreamer.
This strikes me when Teacher Lin had a sharing on Study of Man: Lecture 2.
Interestingly she started the session with my favorite song, Imagine by John Lennon:
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
-- Oh! How true it is! --about myself.
I dream....like Martin Lurther King
"I have a dream today!" --- has always been my favorite quote of most days. :)
I dream when i bath....at most of the times.
I dream too when i sleep.
I didnt meant i was really in the Rapid Eye Movement(REM) state or whatever, i mean a DREAM that is born out of passion and my imagination world!
I started to see my purpose of life: that i gladly 'poke' people around me so that they are able to pursue their dream and uplift their lives. haha!
This strikes me when Teacher Lin had a sharing on Study of Man: Lecture 2.
Interestingly she started the session with my favorite song, Imagine by John Lennon:
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
-- Oh! How true it is! --about myself.
I dream....like Martin Lurther King
"I have a dream today!" --- has always been my favorite quote of most days. :)
I dream when i bath....at most of the times.
I dream too when i sleep.
I didnt meant i was really in the Rapid Eye Movement(REM) state or whatever, i mean a DREAM that is born out of passion and my imagination world!
I started to see my purpose of life: that i gladly 'poke' people around me so that they are able to pursue their dream and uplift their lives. haha!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Do You Really Need A Waldorf School?
That's the main question next to "To Waldorf or Not To Waldorf?"
If I choose to Waldorf, which and where is the Waldorf school that I can go?
I would regard all pricey schools as elite schools and all schools that cater for the rich and famous are not a healthy way of educating a child.
Waldorf way of education...has never been meant to be a branded and luxury way of educating.... I mean how could it be when it was first started on a factory and right after the world war II?
After a few encounters, I realized it has to be more important and most important to have a Waldorf way of living, i.e. Waldorf family then anything else.
Mrs M has compiled a list on what a Waldorf family would do:
-Get rid of the televisions, video games, and limit computer access
until age 12.
-Go outside and play every day, year round.
-Eat your food whole.
-Hug every day.
-Rhythm
-Be open to what the little ones will teach you.
-Make it yourself, and if you don't know how, learn
-Tell stories & play games. A lot.
-Think about how your things speak to you.
-Keep the voices calm, quiet, and as natural as possible.
-“Do not worry that your children never listen to you, worry that they
are always watching you.” ~ Robert Fulgum
-Meditate or do some form of inner work daily
-Rid yourself of anything that has not been touched in over a month.
-Sing and share lovely verses for important (and every) days
-To create rituals around bedtime, praying to our guardian angels and
sing lullabies.
-Singing throughout the day
-Hold back intellectual concepts from under 7 as they are mostly in the
motor centre before then.
-Try and keep a dreamlike quality in everything you do.
-Slow down and take time.
-Establish rhythm, use reptition, foster reverence, awe and wonder
-Create a beautiful and harmonious environment
-Honor the need for time and space
-Sing through the day
-Have conversations with the spiritual world
-Remember the elemental beings
-Be authentic in what you do and say -- kids are adept at sniffing out
a RAT :)
-Do not lie -- my example is that if I have say, chocolate, in the
house and my daughter asks, I give or say "let's wait until after
supper". I don't lie and say we don't have any -- If I don't want her
to have it, I don't bring it into the home. "white" lies really
undermine the trust relationship and teach your kid to be dishonest.
-Involve the children in the running of the house. Get them helping in
all areas of domestic work from a very young age 2+. in, of course,
age appropriate ways.
-Active learning - learning by doing, by observing, by making, by
experiencing.
-Make things from scratch, let the kids be involved and observe the
-TIME and love necessary to create something beautiful and lasting.
-Create gardens, meals, tree forts, gifts, art....
-Working on ones self (meaning the parent)
If I choose to Waldorf, which and where is the Waldorf school that I can go?
I would regard all pricey schools as elite schools and all schools that cater for the rich and famous are not a healthy way of educating a child.
Waldorf way of education...has never been meant to be a branded and luxury way of educating.... I mean how could it be when it was first started on a factory and right after the world war II?
After a few encounters, I realized it has to be more important and most important to have a Waldorf way of living, i.e. Waldorf family then anything else.
Mrs M has compiled a list on what a Waldorf family would do:
-Get rid of the televisions, video games, and limit computer access
until age 12.
-Go outside and play every day, year round.
-Eat your food whole.
-Hug every day.
-Rhythm
-Be open to what the little ones will teach you.
-Make it yourself, and if you don't know how, learn
-Tell stories & play games. A lot.
-Think about how your things speak to you.
-Keep the voices calm, quiet, and as natural as possible.
-“Do not worry that your children never listen to you, worry that they
are always watching you.” ~ Robert Fulgum
-Meditate or do some form of inner work daily
-Rid yourself of anything that has not been touched in over a month.
-Sing and share lovely verses for important (and every) days
-To create rituals around bedtime, praying to our guardian angels and
sing lullabies.
-Singing throughout the day
-Hold back intellectual concepts from under 7 as they are mostly in the
motor centre before then.
-Try and keep a dreamlike quality in everything you do.
-Slow down and take time.
-Establish rhythm, use reptition, foster reverence, awe and wonder
-Create a beautiful and harmonious environment
-Honor the need for time and space
-Sing through the day
-Have conversations with the spiritual world
-Remember the elemental beings
-Be authentic in what you do and say -- kids are adept at sniffing out
a RAT :)
-Do not lie -- my example is that if I have say, chocolate, in the
house and my daughter asks, I give or say "let's wait until after
supper". I don't lie and say we don't have any -- If I don't want her
to have it, I don't bring it into the home. "white" lies really
undermine the trust relationship and teach your kid to be dishonest.
-Involve the children in the running of the house. Get them helping in
all areas of domestic work from a very young age 2+. in, of course,
age appropriate ways.
-Active learning - learning by doing, by observing, by making, by
experiencing.
-Make things from scratch, let the kids be involved and observe the
-TIME and love necessary to create something beautiful and lasting.
-Create gardens, meals, tree forts, gifts, art....
-Working on ones self (meaning the parent)
To Waldorf or Not To Waldorf?
Whether or not you Waldorf has got to go back the first question on: "What makes you come to Waldorf education?"
The moment you started to search for an alternative for the current schooling system, you know you are bound to change for better.
You cant remain in a nutshell of ignorant when you are already directed to the door of Waldorf.
You can, of course, remain in your previous ways of educating your children, but one thing for sure, that you will never be the SAME old you.
You know, that, one thing for sure, you will keep learning....the Waldorf ways....
coz that's ultimately the main reason of education --- to keep learning and learning, even though you may know a lot but you will still remain as humble as can be, and at the same time enjoy the learning process as much as you can.
If not to Waldorf, I am sure whenever there is a seminar on how to make parent better/happier or how to destress a busy working parent, or a workshop on how to produce a smarter & brighter kid or how to score A the easy way, your heart will direct you to look on how to squeeze time out of busy calendar to make up for this supposingly 'influential and great enough' program. You are probably searching for a quick fix or one time deal solution that will ease you to better sleep days.
If not Waldorf, you will probably be thinking of.....
- migration? - but...hmmmm...that doesnt happen so soon, and what about the rest of my families?
- homeschooling? -- since this is a current 'trend' now. But what about curriculum?
- get involve in politics to change the education? -- neh, dream la. Get KOTOR first before this comes in picture
Back to the question again, "To waldorf or not to Waldorf?"
I think that has to be changed to "To change or not to change?"
Or "To learn or not to learn?"
Next Question: Do you really need a Waldorf school?
The moment you started to search for an alternative for the current schooling system, you know you are bound to change for better.
You cant remain in a nutshell of ignorant when you are already directed to the door of Waldorf.
You can, of course, remain in your previous ways of educating your children, but one thing for sure, that you will never be the SAME old you.
You know, that, one thing for sure, you will keep learning....the Waldorf ways....
coz that's ultimately the main reason of education --- to keep learning and learning, even though you may know a lot but you will still remain as humble as can be, and at the same time enjoy the learning process as much as you can.
If not to Waldorf, I am sure whenever there is a seminar on how to make parent better/happier or how to destress a busy working parent, or a workshop on how to produce a smarter & brighter kid or how to score A the easy way, your heart will direct you to look on how to squeeze time out of busy calendar to make up for this supposingly 'influential and great enough' program. You are probably searching for a quick fix or one time deal solution that will ease you to better sleep days.
If not Waldorf, you will probably be thinking of.....
- migration? - but...hmmmm...that doesnt happen so soon, and what about the rest of my families?
- homeschooling? -- since this is a current 'trend' now. But what about curriculum?
- get involve in politics to change the education? -- neh, dream la. Get KOTOR first before this comes in picture
Back to the question again, "To waldorf or not to Waldorf?"
I think that has to be changed to "To change or not to change?"
Or "To learn or not to learn?"
Next Question: Do you really need a Waldorf school?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Shanghai Mooncake --2nd trial after 5 yrs
There I go itchy...super itchy again.
Made some 'fake' lotus paste using the hulled mung beans...at last. Thanks to Phoebe's Mom. Tasted...quite nice though, so i decided to go forward to produce the Shanghai Mooncake.
But cant find salted duck eggs at these hours of late afternoon.
Never mind....just get going before this itchy mood cool off.
Some 5-6 yrs ago, i did the Shanghai Mooncake with the lotus paste. It was a truly deadly experience for me as i cooked the lotus paste from blending, de-skin till cooking to produce the paste form ---- all because i didnt want to use the $%^& alkaline water. Then when it come to the pastry, I think i did some modification too by not following the recipe. If i am not mistaken, what i did was lessen the custard powder content and thus making the skin to flob and 'flow' away like cream when mooncake was heated up in the oven --- all because i didnt favor using custard powder, I thought it tasted horrible with the essence smell.
Now learning from my previous lesson, i know i got to follow the recipe first before i made any modification further.
It was a success! Albeit the inner paste didnt really tasted like the lotus paste.
But anything hot from the oven is always irresistible!
Made some 'fake' lotus paste using the hulled mung beans...at last. Thanks to Phoebe's Mom. Tasted...quite nice though, so i decided to go forward to produce the Shanghai Mooncake.
But cant find salted duck eggs at these hours of late afternoon.
Never mind....just get going before this itchy mood cool off.
Some 5-6 yrs ago, i did the Shanghai Mooncake with the lotus paste. It was a truly deadly experience for me as i cooked the lotus paste from blending, de-skin till cooking to produce the paste form ---- all because i didnt want to use the $%^& alkaline water. Then when it come to the pastry, I think i did some modification too by not following the recipe. If i am not mistaken, what i did was lessen the custard powder content and thus making the skin to flob and 'flow' away like cream when mooncake was heated up in the oven --- all because i didnt favor using custard powder, I thought it tasted horrible with the essence smell.
Now learning from my previous lesson, i know i got to follow the recipe first before i made any modification further.
It was a success! Albeit the inner paste didnt really tasted like the lotus paste.
But anything hot from the oven is always irresistible!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
学做公仔饼
学做了传统公仔饼，过程中就好象在延伸老人的传统精神。我想，我会喜欢变老，老呵，象征智慧和成熟。黄舒骏的‘不要变老’是唱着世间人对物质的看法吧，但是‘老’本身，其实是越老越有力量的，比如，越老越有资格分享人生，分享经验，还有呈现永垂不朽的智慧。感恩过去的老人
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