Another class of active children
wanting to reach out to poke, talk
and laugh with each other
rather than listen to the teacher.
The challenge is to take this untapped
energy and focus it on the tasks needed
to build skills for reading and writing,
manipulating numbers and participating
in meaningful discussions
about ancient civilizations and social structures
to explore nature’s wonderful
creations and be able to name all the
parts of a digestive system
recognize the stages of a reproductive cycle
plus find all the places on the earth
were different living things might dwell.
How does a teacher provoke children’s curiosity
sufficiently to give them ability to go in the direction
of their own proclivity to discover the world
and recreate it in the image of their own making?
It is art in its best expression
the gift lies in the soul of a teacher
who knows how to recognize the best in all students
to awaken their desire to learn.
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