poppin off kids

In the spirit of Halloween, the radio free school search engine found this (approved by radio free school film board)

JK and WW and Zinga Zinga

Warning! Spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in the show...

radio free school for wednesday, october 31, 2007

interviews - Madeleine and Evelyna Kay about winning tickets to see J.K Rowling at the Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto, Oct. 23, 2007

reading - Zinga Zinga, by Dennis Lee, from Jelly Belly, read by Bronwyn Kay

- The Monkey's Paw, W.W. Jacobs, read by Beatrice Ekoko

music - Meet Ze Monsta, P.J Harvey, To Bring You My Love

tech - beatrice

download - http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=25298

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rock and water

life:now!

Monarch butterfly, Dundas Conservation Authority, Sunday, October 21, 2007.

Creating a Cooperative Learning Center by Katharine Houk

Many people like to learn together in groups. Small groups. Katharine Houk explains why in a radio free school interview that learning is "a relational experience"- doing things together with people in the community "adds another dimension" to learning.

A learning center also meant for her and her children, learning things that they might not even have thought or known about- so it opens up opportunities.

If you agree with this premise and you think classrooms are far too large, too boring, with no room for creative juices to flow then maybe creating a learning centre might be the way to go.

Personally, there are many days that I feel like I would like to see such a center around here- just cart the kids off or let them walk to it alone and stay there all day. Let them experience all sorts of exciting workshops and courses (of their choice naturally).

I would avoid calling it a 'learning' center though. It really bugs me that the myth is still prevalent amongst us-learning takes place only in institutions.

I think I would go with something like 'Doing Center' or Making space; with the focus on the doing part.
Check out the book though - it's very useful and you might get inspired!

help!

I lost my head at Ancaster Wells! Photo by Bronwyn

reading the airwaves

plunk the kids down in front of the radio and let radio free school entertain the little darlings for an half hour, kids reading to kids, with two stories pouring out of the tinny speakers in your kitchen:

- "Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia" By Peggy Parish, pictures by Lynn Sweat,read by Bronwyn Kay
- "Why are the ice caps melting? The dangers of global warming," by Anne Rockwell, Illustrated by Paul Meisel, read (and commented on) by Evelyna Kay

music - Across the Universe, The Beatles, Let It Be


editing - Beatrice Ekoko


production - Randy Kay

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