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𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀…⁣
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What do you think of when you hear the word rigor? What if we define 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗼𝗿 “𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻” as Andrew Kern does in the excerpted article below? Would we be more willing to embrace rigor in our lives and the lives of our children?⁣
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The single most important skill a child learns is the ability to pay attention. The most determinant thing about us as people is what we pay attention to. As they used to say when education was what we now call classical: 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱. ⁣
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The anxious mind does not behold. It is distracted by many things. It cultivates an antic disposition. ⁣
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But one of teaching's greatest challenges is that you can't control the child's attention, you can only encourage him to direct it at something specific, and give him ample opportunities to practice sustained, focused, attention. ⁣
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I contend, therefore, that we must teach our children to behold, to enter into rest as they learn, to focus on the one thing that matters (which contains and orders all things), and to strive every day to enter more deeply into that rest - and we must do so ourselves. ⁣
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Then we can bring together rigor and rest in a way that proves the truth of our Lord's words when He said that if we "take My yoke upon you... you shall find rest for your souls." ⁣
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(Excerpt taken from the article On Rigor and Rest linked below by Andrew Kern) ⁣
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https://www.circeinstitute.org/blog/rigor-rest ⁣
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𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻! 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆! ⁣
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FALL ENROLLMENT OPENING SOON!⁣
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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽⁣
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The IDITAROD ALASKAN SLED DOG RACE ended this past

The IDITAROD ALASKAN SLED DOG RACE ended this past weekend. This race is something I first learned of through my mom many years ago. She began tracking this 1,000 mile trek and even developed a unit study curriculum for her Master’s program that she implemented in her classroom almost 20 years ago. (See a picture of her on a dog sled during a dog sled presentation she organized for her students below!!!) Her favorite musher to follow was 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴. A few years back, I found a box of her curriculum in our basement and used it as a basis of some of the explorations we have now shared as a community through 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭é for the last few years. ⁣
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This year marked the Iditarod’s 50th anniversary and surprisingly, 𝗝𝗲𝗳𝗳 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴, my mom’s favorite musher, replaced another musher at the last minute racing once again. To be tracking him again this year now with my own children so many years later was just so special.⁣
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Instilling wonder and bridging relationships beyond time and space sure does make statistics and graphing more fun! 😄⁣
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We have been working hard over here prepping for t

We have been working hard over here prepping for this year’s 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 paper and presentation, the final yearly culminating assignment for their 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 aspect of their 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘌𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 class. ⁣
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This is R’s first and G’s third and final trek in this three year class and it is just incredible to witness how much these kids grow. This has been a labor of love. From finding and reading a myriad of books, narrowing down our main topics, writing key word outlines, fusing key word outlines, writing rough drafts, re-writing rough drafts, typing a final draft and preparing an oral presentation. ⁣
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They start the year with belaboring over writing one paragraph, slowly adding more paragraphs and newly learned techniques, and ending the year by writing a five paragraph essay written from various sources with an attention grabbing introduction, three body paragraphs with clear topics, and an inspiring conclusion, all seasoned with various sentence openers, splattered with newly learned decorations, and peppered with lots of vocabulary words- one of their favorite challenges to add into their papers! ⁣
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This class EQUIPS these kids (and parents who are re-learning alongside them) and gives them such a TOOLBELT for writing that they will carry on with them all their life. I just LOVE it and I am so grateful to be given the opportunity to re-learn alongside the children in my life, and practice utilizing language well to share stories and shape souls! ⁣
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𝗝𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴… T and B continue working through the 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭é 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘮 on Wednesdays. They have been learning all about the 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 this term. 🐣 ⁣
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Here is some of the hands-on fun they worked on and explored today…⁣
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* Attending and memorizing poetry with props⁣
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* Observing eggs with books, videos and colorful diagrams⁣
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* Demonstrating what they are learning with matching, ordering, cutting and pasting, and labeling ⁣
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* Listening and snuggling with chick-themed picture books⁣
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* Creating a cute chicken drawing⁣
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This is all included in each term’s weekly plans through the 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭é 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳 program! ⁣
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Interested in learning more about how you can implement this simple, yet engaging preschool curriculum in your home alongside other families? ⁣
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Join us at Still Waters Scholé!⁣
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⁣𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻! 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆! ⁣
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FALL ENROLLMENT OPENING SOON! ⁣
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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 - 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 - 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽⁣
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PM to learn more, or check out our website at www.stillwatersschole.com⁣
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