today, the kids discovered my "real" name.

they were surprised and found it

fascinating that I have a first name (Linda).

then they were shocked at how "old" i am

after i finally told them.

~ ~ ~

 i love working with kindergartners.

they are the most magical and genuine

little humans i have ever met.
i experience eternal sunshine and tiny hugs all day.
 ~ ~
ps, ellen, i inspired one
student to become a wooden figure today ;)

many great things happened today :)

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i've been teaching my kids alot of

 exciting things about the world, such as:

-scientific information about sea stars

-to write persuasive petitions about solutions

to problems we see at school and in the larger world

-to apply what we have learned about the

properties of different types of fabrics to solve

problems we have in our daily lives

With 3 teachers observing me,

i had my 8th and final observation today!

my interdisciplinary science-math-art

graphing lesson went phenomenal and it makes

me so ecstatic to have such engaged students
demonstrate all that they have

learned from MY science unit on fabric.
~ ~ ~
i also calmed a stranger down at the bus stop today

who was going through a crisis. i think our

conversation might have helped prevent him from

going to jail (again). before i departed,
we shook hands and he thanked me for "being a
teacher and teaching him."

my face during the last 2 minutes of

game of thrones..

12 days until graduation!!!
(btw, this is a purple stole, not blue).

today, i taught scientific information about sea stars
to my kids. then we watched a video of an octopus
opening a jar with a crab inside.

i also chopped off 3 inches of my hair.

bridal veils falls!

danny, vesna and i picked and ate these unidentified
yellow berries (they are NOT black or rasp berries)

and stood in the massive misting of the waterfall.

today i was given a free salmon & lox bagel,

read in sunny breezes on a roof,

and rolled some felt sushi

with a hot glue gun :D 

according to cathy, i am a
"living bank of ideas."
~ * ~ * ~ * ~

M didn't have anything tropical or nature-y

to wear for the assembly dance,

so i decorated her hair with flowers and leaves.
^___________^

i used my one can of coconut milk and made a:

and a

banana walnut cinnamon chia seed custard!

n a r n i a

today during recess,

S was trying to tell me all

7 of her brothers' names,

but could not recall her

7th brother's name.

:P

i've been teaching our new unit on Opinion Writing.

it's a tricky and long process,

but it makes me so happy to see my students

writing about topics such as

gun & knife violence, dirty water,

and that in some countries,

only boys can go to school.

and to also provide reasons why these are problems

and articulate how they feel about it.

these are kindergartners who are starting to
think about complex global issues; i love it.

i like to think that i'm planting the seeds

for these skills that they will have, develop
and can use for the rest of their lives~*~

next, we move onto

petitions :D

another glorious seattle day.

i read in the sunshine,

watched kites flutter when the wind rose,

and then picked up some irises from Pike ^___^

seattle art museum!
we went to the last day of the Miro exhibit.

i really love aboriginal dot patterns.

i want to learn more about the Dreaming...

when i think of the p northwest, i think this:

sunset at golden gardens

-always the best way to end the day.

ashley and i went hiking in the woods today
and it unexpectedly turned into a frozen lake

surrounded by waterfalls flowing down

the sides of snowy mountain cliffs.

it was hauntingly, stunningly beautiful.

baking muffins on a friday night~*

tomorrow, i will climb a mountain.