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1. Spirit Play, week 9
Today's lesson was "I Look 'Out' at the Stars," once again by Aline D. Wolf.
Here's the full text of the booklet, with paragraphing, proper dialogue punctuation, and annotations by me:
At night I like to lie on the ground and look at the sky. When I lie on the ground, I am lying on Planet Earth.
I am lying here in North America. [picture of kid stretched out on the globe over N. America] If I lived in South America, I would be lying here. [kid lying over Argentina] If I lived in Australia, I would be lying here. [kid lying over Australia -- note that both southern hemisphere pictures have the kid oriented 'upside-down' to the north pole]
Children in South America and Australia don't say, "I look 'down' at the stars." Maybe I should not say, "I look 'up' at the stars."
We could all say, "I look 'out' at the stars." Because the stars are all around Planet Earth.
Is there anyone on another planet looking 'out' at the same stars? I wonder!
...
These lessons are so short, even after we do chalice lighting, joys & sorrows, stretching, and participatory questions. And they're so damn superficial to boot. If I had more time, I would love to try writing alternate texts that are less pedantic, less glancing, and, frankly, more interesting and less clunky -- because while I am sure Ms. Wolf is an admirable person in many ways, she is NOT a good children's book writer!
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2. Children's choir
Anyway, we knocked off early, at 11:30, and took the kids to the annex for a special children's choir rehearsal. They appear to be learning a spiritual -- "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" -- that has a lot of variations. Our music director's chosen version goes like this:
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
The time is drawing nigh.
Children don't get weary,
Children don't get weary,
Children don't get weary,
'Til your work is done.
I don't know if there are other verses; if so, the kids haven't learned them yet.
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3. My memory = sieve
I am so glad my cell phone and computer switch to and from Daylight Saving Time automatically, because I forgot to set my clocks back last night and I nearly walked out my door at 9:15am rather than 10:15am. *headdesk* Oh well, no harm done, and even if I had arrived early, I would have been perfectly content to sit around reading for an hour, since that's basically what I did at home anyway!
Today's lesson was "I Look 'Out' at the Stars," once again by Aline D. Wolf.
Here's the full text of the booklet, with paragraphing, proper dialogue punctuation, and annotations by me:
At night I like to lie on the ground and look at the sky. When I lie on the ground, I am lying on Planet Earth.
I am lying here in North America. [picture of kid stretched out on the globe over N. America] If I lived in South America, I would be lying here. [kid lying over Argentina] If I lived in Australia, I would be lying here. [kid lying over Australia -- note that both southern hemisphere pictures have the kid oriented 'upside-down' to the north pole]
Children in South America and Australia don't say, "I look 'down' at the stars." Maybe I should not say, "I look 'up' at the stars."
We could all say, "I look 'out' at the stars." Because the stars are all around Planet Earth.
Is there anyone on another planet looking 'out' at the same stars? I wonder!
...
These lessons are so short, even after we do chalice lighting, joys & sorrows, stretching, and participatory questions. And they're so damn superficial to boot. If I had more time, I would love to try writing alternate texts that are less pedantic, less glancing, and, frankly, more interesting and less clunky -- because while I am sure Ms. Wolf is an admirable person in many ways, she is NOT a good children's book writer!
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2. Children's choir
Anyway, we knocked off early, at 11:30, and took the kids to the annex for a special children's choir rehearsal. They appear to be learning a spiritual -- "Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning" -- that has a lot of variations. Our music director's chosen version goes like this:
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning,
The time is drawing nigh.
Children don't get weary,
Children don't get weary,
Children don't get weary,
'Til your work is done.
I don't know if there are other verses; if so, the kids haven't learned them yet.
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3. My memory = sieve
I am so glad my cell phone and computer switch to and from Daylight Saving Time automatically, because I forgot to set my clocks back last night and I nearly walked out my door at 9:15am rather than 10:15am. *headdesk* Oh well, no harm done, and even if I had arrived early, I would have been perfectly content to sit around reading for an hour, since that's basically what I did at home anyway!
