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A Gift of Wonder - by Kim Allsup (Paperback)

A Gift of Wonder - by  Kim Allsup (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Can you remember the world of movement, wonder, and intense sensation that you lived in when you were six years old? Does education mean filling a bucket or does it mean lighting a fire?</p> <p>In today's predominant educational environment, where high-stakes testing and anxiety reign, it's clear that the goal, though implicit, is to fill buckets. Kim Allsup would like us to start lighting fires--to stop treating children like empty buckets. She sees that the vital essence of education has been sucked out of most schools today; that we must strive, above all, to it bring it back; and that the situation is indeed urgent. Yet this book contains no arguments--it is not a change-of-policy proposal, nor is it a polemical treatise.</p> <p>Kim Allsup is a teacher and a teller of stories, and so this book, to look only at the surface, tells the story of the six years a teacher spent with her class. However, it does much more than that. Funny, poignant, moving, relatable, and finally, life-affirming, and hopeful, this memoir gently shows the way to an educational approach that is worthy of childhood--<i>one rooted in wonder.</i></p> <p><i>Wonder</i> is a challenging word. It has been overused and commercialized and its true definition is perhaps endangered, but it is nevertheless a uniquely human experience, and to stifle or remove it from the lives of our children is to court a barren and dismal future--yet wonder remains alive! We may need only to be reminded of it. </p> <p>This story is a living reminder of the simple beauty of childhood wonder and our responsibility to the future never to give it up.</p> <p>∞ ∞ ∞</p> <p><strong>CONTENTS: </strong></p> <p>Foreword</p> <p><strong>Working with Wonder<br /></strong>1. Wonder<br />2. Confidence<br />3. Curiosity<br />4. Attention<br />5. Listening<br />6. Resilience<br />7. Gratitude<br />8. Perspective<br />9. Respect<br />10. Nurturing<br />11. Work<br />12. Responsibility<br />13. Inquiry<br />14. Balance<br />15. Insight<br />16. Hope<br />17. Friendship<br />18. Freedom<br />19. Experience<br />20. Turning Point<br />21. Awakening<br />22. Healing<br />23. Compassion<br />24. Destiny<br />25. Main Lessons<br />26. Love</p> <p><strong>Reflections<br /></strong>27. School as It Should Be</p>

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