Comments on: The Power of a Mindful Comment http://www.thenorthstarcommunity.org/home/2007/03/10/the-power-of-a-mindful-comment/ A community of practice inspired by Peter H Reynolds' Book "The North Star" Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:02:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: lori http://www.thenorthstarcommunity.org/home/2007/03/10/the-power-of-a-mindful-comment/#comment-165 lori Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:45:06 +0000 http://www.thenorthstarcommunity.org/home/2007/03/10/the-power-of-a-mindful-comment/#comment-165 Oh... Kevin... We are all there we would gladly be penpals with your class next year. or any other class for that matter I think that is a tremendous idea... Children really need that inspiration and motivation from their own peer group. Being in Nova Scotia (Canada) I think it is neat to expand their horizons and meet kids from other Countries as well - they soon realize just how alike they are and how many of their own dreams are reflected in the writings of one so many miles away. As an aside... We actually did the largest dot activity last year but did not get to send them in. The children decided to write a poem on their dot... A concentric "About Me" poem... they were absolutely beautiful. When they finished writing their poem they outlined the words in a thinline permanent marker then used chalk pastels and blended.... they looked like colourful marbles - those who read the poems I admit might have gotten a stiff neck from reading around the dot but the effect was absolutely stunning... Thanks for the amazing inspirational idea - the children will cherish it in their grade 4/5 porfolios for a lifetime. Lori Oh… Kevin… We are all there we would gladly be penpals with your class next year. or any other class for that matter I think that is a tremendous idea… Children really need that inspiration and motivation from their own peer group. Being in Nova Scotia (Canada) I think it is neat to expand their horizons and meet kids from other Countries as well - they soon realize just how alike they are and how many of their own dreams are reflected in the writings of one so many miles away.

As an aside…

We actually did the largest dot activity last year but did not get to send them in. The children decided to write a poem on their dot… A concentric “About Me” poem… they were absolutely beautiful.

When they finished writing their poem they outlined the words in a thinline permanent marker then used chalk pastels and blended…. they looked like colourful marbles - those who read the poems I admit might have gotten a stiff neck from reading around the dot but the effect was absolutely stunning…

Thanks for the amazing inspirational idea - the children will cherish it in their grade 4/5 porfolios for a lifetime.

Lori

]]> By: Kevin http://www.thenorthstarcommunity.org/home/2007/03/10/the-power-of-a-mindful-comment/#comment-96 Kevin Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:42:37 +0000 http://www.thenorthstarcommunity.org/home/2007/03/10/the-power-of-a-mindful-comment/#comment-96 Hi Paul, Awesome letter. Connecting with and helping young people dscover their own dreams keeps inspirational educators in classrooms year after year. During a class meeting before spring break, one of my students discussed how much she would enjoy sharing e-mails or snail mail with other NorthStar classrooms around the United States or even around the world. How do we go about locating them? Peace, Kevin M. Hi Paul,
Awesome letter. Connecting with and helping young people dscover their own dreams keeps inspirational educators in classrooms year after year. During a class meeting before spring break, one of my students discussed how much she would enjoy sharing e-mails or snail mail with other NorthStar classrooms around the United States or even around the world. How do we go about locating them?
Peace,
Kevin M.

]]> By: MaribethB http://www.thenorthstarcommunity.org/home/2007/03/10/the-power-of-a-mindful-comment/#comment-86 MaribethB Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:40:59 +0000 http://www.thenorthstarcommunity.org/home/2007/03/10/the-power-of-a-mindful-comment/#comment-86 Paul, Great letter - very inspiring... thanks for sharing it! I'm also very interested in hearing more about the book you're writing... Maribeth Bush Paul,

Great letter - very inspiring… thanks for sharing it! I’m also very interested in hearing more about the book you’re writing…

Maribeth Bush

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