Sego Lily School

Jump Darius!

kyle — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:33:25 +0000

Hello Sego Lily Community! I had a glorious Sego Lily Moment yestereday when we went “over the river and through the woods.” I took a group of 5 youngsters including Darius, Willow, Sandy, Audrey, and Dylan to the stream yesterday. They were throwing rocks, eating their lunch, and looking for fish as Darius jumped to a rock with a step that dunked his left foot. He looked at me with that “I know I broke a rule but did it anyway” half smile of his. I let him know that he had broken our stream rule. I said- “Now you are going to have to jump back without getting your other foot wet. He said “I can’t!” and “I won’t!” I just watched. After some time passed he took a tremendous leap back and nearly made it! Everyone cheered. Darius had some lessons in respecting rules, noticing consequences and making choices about following rules, and I had yet another lessons in letting go and letting a kid be a kid. Hope his boots don’t shrink!

Children teach themselves to read!

jen — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:02:55 +0000

Wonderful article in Psychology Today, about how children teaching themselves to read being the best method. The article specifically mentions Sudbury schools!

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201002/children-teach-themselves-read

Was that Science?

jen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:25:34 +0000

A few days ago, I popped my head into the backyard. Four boys, wearing safety goggles, were breaking open a huge geode. I said hello and went on my way.

It wasn’t 10 minutes later when one of the boys was walking through the building, announcing enthusiastically, “Dudes, you have GOT to come see all of the crystals we found!” Another of the boys was patiently explaining the crystal properties to a third boy, while the fourth gently arranged the shards into a fractal geometric pattern. So maybe it wasn’t science after all, maybe it was math. Or art. Or….

jen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:06:07 +0000

I was doing office work when Ethan walked in asking for some tape. He is making a cup out of a leaf. We experimented with different tape and soon he designed a functional cup. I last saw him hurrying outside his leaf cup in hand calling, “Dude, I made a cup!” I’m off to find a leaf for my cup.

-Rebecca, Staff

A Whole Lot of Nothing

jen — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:00:22 +0000

Hannah, Jerusha, and Eli were driving home with their Dad when he asked them, “What did you do at school this week?” Their Dad later relayed their responses to me - “I don’t know,” and “I can’t remember,” and the dreaded, “Nothing.” So he asked me, “What did they do at school today?” I paused and thought back through the day, searching to remember what my children did at school. I saw Hannah on her laptop and passed Jerusha in the kitchen and I saw Eli out a window playing with a group of children outside. Next I scanned through my day at school. I responded, “Um, I don’t know. Yeah, I can’t remember. Oh, nothing,” I smiled. “Nothing?” he asked. “Yup,” I nodded, “absolutely nothing.” Nothing is hopping on the bus with five students to go see the “leaves change” because a 4 year old brought the idea to School Meeting. Nothing is baking homemade brownies for a school fundraiser organized by the 11 year old Cooking Corporation President and her committee. Nothing is teaching an 8 year old boy to knit, watching him practice all day and at the end of the day he asked if he could check out the needles and yarn to practice at home. Nothing is making fraction pizzas with a 5 year old and selling the pizzas for a pretend dollar. Nothing is attending an animal yoga class taught by a 4 year old. Nothing is debating the pros and cons of Television and Beauty Pageants while being judged by a panel of peers.

Oh, and nothing is teaching reading classes in the tree house while sitting side by side and speaking only when asked. Nothing is taking a guitar class from a 13 year old student and receiving homework assignments. Nothing is taking a spontaneous walk in the snow and stopping at the park to push 4 students on the tire swing and watching as they spin and squeal. Nothing is discussions in the kitchen as we cook and eat together. Nothing is making homemade canvases and then assisting the students as they create masterpieces. Nothing is sitting in sunroom all day writing. Nothing is playing marbles with three boys on a homemade marble mat. Nothing is making paper airplanes and researching paper airplane physics to improve design. Nothing is playing on the computer and collecting LOL cats. Nothing is playing Clue and Othello and Connect Four and Bingo. Nothing is climbing trees and lazily chatting in the limbs. Nothing is Nerf gun wars and learning the rules to Infection and screaming while I’m being chased by a horde of zombies. Nothing is comparing Lego creations and a 5 year old offering me suggestions to improve my Lego submarine. Nothing is reading Are You My Mother and Green Eggs in Ham over and over and over and over again. Nothing is trading my peanut butter and jelly sandwich for macaroni and cheese. Nothing is asking a 12 year old to proof read this article. Could nothing be everything? Hmmm, we’ll discuss it at our next Philosophy meeting.

- Rebecca Cobb, Staff

Winter Assembly Meeting

jen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:31:54 +0000

Thank you so much to all who came out for the meeting

The Assembly elected to change our calendar to a 12-month calendar, and we spent a lot of time talking about the new facility. We will be having a spring play this year, students and staff are very excited! Our next meeting will be Tuesday, May 4th at 6pm. See you there!

The Sudbury Model

jen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:56:31 +0000

Post HERE for discussions regarding the Sudbury model of education!

SCHOOL EVENTS

jen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:55:50 +0000

Post HERE to collaborate on school events, ask questions, etc!

PARENTING

jen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:55:22 +0000

Post HERE to discuss issues surrounding parenting Sego Lily Kids!

new section

jen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:04:43 +0000

Hi Peggy! Yes, it’s true that there is nothing here yet… We just added it, and have not yet announced its’ existence. We will do this at the Spaghetti Dinner next week.

For now, everyone can write things, and they get moderated and posted (or not, if they are spam or inappropriate). We promise to post without discrimination, but will not allow bad language, etc. We are also adding a school meeting member’s section, where students and staff will be able to blog, post and dialogue. Coming soon to a website near you!