What do people do at reunions? Eat fabulous famous family meals, talk about what they are doing and play sports! We played tennis, went horseback riding and swimming in the pool. I am very lucky to have a great sister-in-law who has this place outside of Philadelphia.
But what did I learn today? I am not a half bad tennis player when I thought I was pretty bad. I guess the recent playing 3 times a week is making a difference. Any time you want to do something well you have to do it a lot.
Eventually I am hoping my writing will improve with this project. Especially as I tell you more about myself and my teaching experiences in the past and the ones I'll have this year around the country.
A little more about Princeton Friends School. It was mentioned as one of the best examples of progressive education following some of the principles of excellent teaching because much of the curriculum within the yearly theme is directed by children. There are also yearly events. One that I remember so well is a Story Telling Festival. Every student with workshops on performing and speaking and lots of theater games learns a story to tell to a group of parents and teachers over the period of about 2 weeks. Students don't memorize the words they learn the plot and points of the story and tell it with expression, accents, sound effects, gestures, and movement.
If they enter the school in kindergarten they do 9 stories by the time they graduate at the end of 8th grade. Each year they improve and learn much about literature as they search for their story the want to retell and much about themselves as they perform. That's just one of the experiences that students have at PFS. Not only is there a story festival at PFS, but they also visit other schools and classrooms in the area to tell their stories.
More later
Must run for another fabulous meal.
Ciao
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