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   Light – a poem by Laila The light is shining on our brightened faces, making slight changes. It dances and glows like a diamond stream. It pushes in every direction, trying to get out of… Read More The post It Begins With Curiosity – Reflection And The Investigative Process appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.

As an extension of the children’s thinking and conversations around their family trees, the students next began to think about how physical traits may be passed down over time through their genes, or DNA. Together… Read More The post Tracing our Traits: Seeing Ourselves In Our People appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.

As we launched our history project, the children dedicated themselves to exploring one or two family members to investigate deeply through interview and storytelling. While this proved to be a meaningful way for the children… Read More The post Finding Our Roots: Exploring “Our People” Through Family Trees appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.

      Coming back from our winter break, we wondered how the children had processed their project work after so much time had passed.  What would be their take-aways as they unpacked the experience together?… Read More The post There Must Always Be A Foundation: Listening, Mindfulness, “Turtleness,” and the Reflective Process, Part 5 appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.

       Sabine:  Turtles are really mindful, so to be a turtle, the turtle needs mindfulness and mindfulness needs the turtle. In exploring music and performance as non-verbal languages, the children developed a stronger awareness… Read More The post There Must Always Be A Foundation: Listening, Mindfulness, and “Turtleness,” Part 4 appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.

     (Top row: Students draw what they think a turtle looks like. Bottom:  Later observational drawings created the same morning: a sea turtle, an alligator snapping turtle, a red-eared slider, and a Galapagos tortoise.… Read More The post There Must Always Be A Foundation: Listening, Mindfulness, and “Turtleness,” Part 3 appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.

Self-awareness is… Elina:  You’re aware of what you’re doing. Luke: You’re aware that you’re going to do something. Evan:  You have to know a time and a place to do stuff. Harper: You have to… Read More The post There Must Always Be A Foundation: Listening, Mindfulness, and “Turtleness,” Part 2 appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.

    In many world cosmologies, the universe has a cyclical nature and periods of creation and destruction that repeat themselves ad infinitum.  One compelling mytheme that comes to us from seemingly disparate belief systems –… Read More The post There Must Always Be A Foundation: Listening, Mindfulness, and “Turtleness,” Part 1 appeared first on Sabot at Stony Point.