{"product_id":"a-gift-of-wonder-a-true-story-showing-school-as-it-should-be-9781584209546","title":"A Gift of Wonder: A True Story Showing School as It Should Be","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan you remember the world of movement, wonder, and intense sensation that you lived in when you were six years old? Does education mean filling a bucket or does it mean lighting a fire?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn today's predominant educational environment, where high-stakes testing and anxiety reign, it's clear that the goal, though implicit, is to fill buckets. Kim Allsup would like us to start lighting fires--to stop treating children like empty buckets. She sees that the vital essence of education has been sucked out of most schools today; that we must strive, above all, to it bring it back; and that the situation is indeed urgent. Yet this book contains no arguments--it is not a change-of-policy proposal, nor is it a polemical treatise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKim Allsup is a teacher and a teller of stories, and so this book, to look only at the surface, tells the story of the six years a teacher spent with her class. However, it does much more than that. Funny, poignant, moving, relatable, and finally, life-affirming, and hopeful, this memoir gently shows the way to an educational approach that is worthy of childhood--\u003ci\u003eone rooted in wonder.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWonder\u003c\/i\u003e is a challenging word. It has been overused and commercialized and its true definition is perhaps endangered, but it is nevertheless a uniquely human experience, and to stifle or remove it from the lives of our children is to court a barren and dismal future--yet wonder remains alive  We may need only to be reminded of it. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis story is a living reminder of the simple beauty of childhood wonder and our responsibility to the future never to give it up.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e∞ ∞ ∞\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorking with Wonder\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1. Wonder\u003cbr\u003e2. Confidence\u003cbr\u003e3. Curiosity\u003cbr\u003e4. Attention\u003cbr\u003e5. Listening\u003cbr\u003e6. Resilience\u003cbr\u003e7. Gratitude\u003cbr\u003e8. Perspective\u003cbr\u003e9. Respect\u003cbr\u003e10. Nurturing\u003cbr\u003e11. Work\u003cbr\u003e12. Responsibility\u003cbr\u003e13. Inquiry\u003cbr\u003e14. Balance\u003cbr\u003e15. Insight\u003cbr\u003e16. Hope\u003cbr\u003e17. Friendship\u003cbr\u003e18. Freedom\u003cbr\u003e19. Experience\u003cbr\u003e20. Turning Point\u003cbr\u003e21. Awakening\u003cbr\u003e22. Healing\u003cbr\u003e23. Compassion\u003cbr\u003e24. Destiny\u003cbr\u003e25. Main Lessons\u003cbr\u003e26. Love\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReflections\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e27. School as It Should Be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lindisfarne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781584209546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Kim Allsup","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36660608336028,"sku":"9781584209546","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c8ea617e-47f0-4193-969b-f8140ecee82e.jpg?v=1603897107","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-gift-of-wonder-a-true-story-showing-school-as-it-should-be-9781584209546","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}