tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post4871921936744188957..comments2024-03-19T05:26:04.770-04:00Comments on A Year of Reading: NoticingMary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-34282789310292644282012-03-01T05:56:39.724-05:002012-03-01T05:56:39.724-05:00I notice that although I headed into my year fully...I notice that although I headed into my year fully intent to make Noticing and Wondering the theme of Kindergarten, as a concept and practice it was pretty much absent for the first two months. I was running so fast to catch up that it didn't feel like I could slow down for noticing. I'm sad to think now of missed opportunities, especially because I'm beginning to understand how the skill of noticing levels the playing field in a classroom. Thanks for this view of its power.Heidi Mordhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09902158336083356337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-46389117280618535032012-02-24T01:11:46.861-05:002012-02-24T01:11:46.861-05:00I love this idea of noticing. We're always in ...I love this idea of noticing. We're always in such a hurry to run off to the next new exciting something that we forget to notice what's right in front of us.<br /><br />I'm trying to get myself to notice things more often too. I take a break a couple of times a day and go outside and wander around the garden and make myself just look, for a long time, at any one scene. Because the more and the longer I look, the more I see.<br /><br />First a scraggly ceanothus with a few blooms. Then a few fuzzy carpenter bees dancing around the blossom. Then a single thread to a spider thread. Then a little spider, danging from a glossy leaf. <br /><br />It was all there all along but I didn't see it all until I slowed down.Susan Taylor Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931432581676140096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-66727121489172902952012-02-23T23:51:37.371-05:002012-02-23T23:51:37.371-05:00I just finished reading "Making Thinking Visi...I just finished reading "Making Thinking Visible" and this was one of the powerful points made - funny how one word opens up a whole new world of opportunities. Also finished "Choice Words" - another call to listen to the words we use, and be more deliberate.Tara @ A Teaching Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195982194362559883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-81710501003274130332012-02-23T22:16:21.530-05:002012-02-23T22:16:21.530-05:00Mary Lee,
You make a great point here. We do have...Mary Lee,<br />You make a great point here. We do have to take time to notice. Noticing does seem to lead to wondering. We started our investigation of maps today with a bit of searching and noticing. I'm thinking I'm going to put that word at the top of my plans for next week. <br /><br />CathyCathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08233792477358685156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20429083.post-78288877189577664242012-02-23T07:05:32.936-05:002012-02-23T07:05:32.936-05:00Such a crucial part of teaching to build upon what...Such a crucial part of teaching to build upon what they notice but I tend because of pacing to skip this step thank you for bringing "noticing" back to the forefront of my thinking.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165228990207676534noreply@blogger.com