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BUILDING
THE SCHOOL
IN YOUR
COMMUNITY:
Letting the
Kids Do It!
by
Patricia Jepsen
and Delphi
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8 1/2" x 5 1/2"
US$6.00
20 pages
June 2003
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DESCRIPTION
Building the School in Your Community
is a humorous, wonderful adventure as Golden Retriever
Delphi introduces a voice of sanity to the present system of
education. Read it. Enjoy.
And then take Delphi's advice:
Let the Kids do it!
Magical illustrations by 8 year-old Grace serve as a further
encouragement
that children know the way.
As described in the booklet's introduction: "This
is a fun-filled booklet focused
upon a new approach to education.
Prepare not to critique it, although
the educator part of you would love to!
Have fun. Let your imagination be stimulated and don't hold back
the laughs. Even so this is serious business.
Listening to Delphi will stretch your mind and perhaps even set
you on a path
of new adventure, amazing discovery,
and freedom."
This booklet complements
Six Lessons with Delphi
and Teaching Delphi,
and is a helpful resource
for parents and Teacher-Partners.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
A Brief Note from the Authors, Delphi & Pat
How to Begin
Taking Time Off to Make a School
Meeting #1
Meeting #2
The Teachables
* What the Kids Need to Learn
* What the Kids Need to Teach
The Community and the School
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EXCERPTS
A Brief Note from the Authors,
Delphi and Pat
Our school is different because the Sanctuary School has
risen out of the land. It is a wise place where animals can speak
and kids can hear them and talk back!
It is a place where we all respect one another and practice
being kind and loving.
There is a secret here--most people don't know it--well,
some kids do!
When you mix respect for all life with kindness and a real
loving partnership, the mind goes to another place entirely where
you can think with your heart.
Give this school a chance. It is better than any other school
on the planet.
What the Kids Need to Teach
Kids are teachers before they can be taught. They have so
much information within them and we have to listen to them when
they are speaking!
I, Delphi, have the ability to hear babies and understand
their talk. That is because I am very open to them and consider
them to be the smartest of all the human inhabitants. Babies
speak straight from their souls. They haven't gotten the human
talk yet and so what they say is quite pure and heaven-sent.
If you believe that babies know a lot and can teach you many
things about heaven, you will be right where you need to be--the
heart-mind. Most children speak from that place and they learn
better when you speak from that same place.
In the classroom and in the home, you have to provide the
opportunity for kids to teach you. At least half the time spent
in school should be given to listening to the children and learning
from them. Education should come out of children. Their hearts
know a great deal. Teachers have to take time to listen and to
create ways to inspire children to divulge what they already
know.
Many people realize that the heart has a brain. It is rarely
used, except by kids. The Children of the New World make a point
of speaking from the heart, and they like to think from that
place too. When you have a teacher who recognizes the value of
the heart-mind, there is no end to what the kids can do.
Listen with your heart! And remember to ask the animal members
to also take part in making the school fun and exciting for all!
By the way, if you would like to learn how to communicate with
us, you must listen with your heart.
One more point I would like to make is let the kids map their
day. And do not stick to the same schedule. Be different every
day. Kids like surprises, don't forget.
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