19% Cold
“That’s right,” he added, reassuring all who would listen. “The honey bee drone doesn’t know. It’s only 19% cold. To the drone. Only 19% cold.”
The children had to get back to what needed to be done. They needed to continue playing and could n’t stop to untangle the sudden appearance of a bee.
On Being...Scared
Using the book as a guide, we can also see that simply acknowledging the fear and giving it room to breath would serve the scared child better than dismissing the fear with false reassurances. Try this on instead..."You are afraid. What information, tools, and materials will you need to build your wagon that will take you to the starry sky?" Or even better, "I will sit with you and this fear. Tell me more about it."
Find Your Answers Outdoors at Lauko and Miško Darželiai
This hole though, with its perfectly straight edges and depth, oh the depth was exactly child-sized and you could see that the connection it would bring to the basic and very dear element of Earth would be there.
Straight to the Mayhem
We have to go to the edge bitty, the place where the unknown starts and the known ends. We have to step to that very edge and then find our way back. Children will do this and so will grown-ups. Adults will make lists and plan ahead to think their way around or back from the edge.
Rulers of the Game
“He always has to be ruler of the game,” she said of her older brother. “Should he be?” I asked. “No, sometimes I should be the ruler, but he won’t let me.” The older brother disagreed with this observation. He told us that he only rules the game sometimes.