Because Sometimes We Forget Our Song #9

April 30, 2021

"What is that?” said my husband.

“It's my pale blue geodesic gnome of healing from Wilko, which my mate Jackie encouraged me to buy. We have one each”

This week, she also brought herself a Blue Peter badge because as a child she always wanted one. They sell them on Etsy.

We also both donated to this,

When I was seven I collected badges and put them on a denim hat. I also had this thing about dancing with Legs & Co.

What were your childhood dreams and did you follow them?

Below are this week's random creative nudges, as always thank you for your contributions.

Storytelling For Gaia

A late Summer bloomer.

Thanks Jeremy

This year, I'd like to have another go at creating a small wildflower patch in the lawn for the 🐝 Is this something you do or have considered?

With thanks to Colin Horner for his wonderful doodle.

This looked fun

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Random Dialogues

Here’s a painting I did (a few years back) of some tulips...you wanted pics!! Jason

Aw these are great

Thanks, Jane. Better than my mate Manny K’s art

Yeah he's way too much of a lobster

A lobster with a chip on his shoulder

On Bees

I was thinking about bumblebees recently and wandered how long they live for.

From what I can find out is , it is roughly about 28 days, but this depends on the species.

28 days! What can you do in 28 days?

Ain’t life strange at times.

Jason Bumble Arbiter

On Play

The quote: "Play - creativity - is fundamentally important for adults to continue to develop a sense of renewed and expanded self and a relationship with the world around them."

is me adapting what Anita Grant had said, namely:

Anita Grant, the chair of Play England, said: “Play outdoors is fundamentally important for children to develop a sense of self and a relationship with the world around them. Adults’ protective instincts are not helpful when they restrict and control exploration, creativity, and a child’s natural instinct to engage with their environment freely.”

So really that would be "quote Mike Holdstock inspired by Anita Grant" or maybe there is another word for that in English which I cant remember. Not parody but something along those lines.

"Play - creativity - is fundamentally ...for adults..." also is inspired by Jeanette Vos thought/slogan "if they're not laughing they're not learning".

Thanks for all these wonderful exchanges Mike Holdstock.

Keep playing.

The story of IAMBE

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Learning Space

The need is particularly urgent in schools reopening after pandemic lockdowns, he argued, since play will mitigate stress, promote resilience and allow children to rebuild relationships through physical activity: “They need that much more than they need academic pressure, graded assignments and excessive screen time.”

Outschool, a marketplace providing small-group, virtual after-school activities for children has raised a $75 million Series C led by Coatue and Tiger Global Management.

I'm going to be running some teaching sessions on their platform soon.

This Week's Adventures With Manny Kay

Nick The Teacher

Events

Please send over your events to share too. Here are a few I'm hosting:

Last week's show was an investigation into a show without content. Needless to say our viewer fell asleep so this week there will be some.

My diy website has jumped from page 4 to page 1 of Google.

Because sometimes we forget our song.

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Some-things Weird & Lovely

Thought For The Week

Very Funny!

And Finally

And A Bit More Finally

"Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage" Sir Ken Robinson

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