“All this he saw for one moment
breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he
lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.” ~Kenneth Grahame
Children so often wonder and
they are in awe of so many things. As we
grow older we often become more jaded and it seems to take more and more to
feel awe. We forget how to see things
through the eyes of children.
When I heard the kindergarten
wanted to take a field trip to Gale Woods farm, at first I thought “sure, why
not.” I was thinking as an adult who had
already experienced farm life as a child (sometimes too much of it). I wasn’t thinking from the viewpoint of a
child that has never seen or visited a farm before. When our students returned from Gale Woods
and shared their stories of amazement, I stopped to reflect on this. The wonder and awe that comes from seeing and
interacting with new animals and seeing the plants they have studied in pictures
in real life is priceless on the face of a kindergarten student.
All of this reminds me that
once I had such awe of farm animals and plants.
The reasons for that initial wonder and awe has not changed, but taking
for granted the miracle of animal and plant growth has. How can we become less cynical and more awed
by the simple things in life? I think it
has a lot to do with gratitude. When you
live your life with gratitude, you see the simple things much differently.
Today, I’m grateful the kindergarten students have reminded me of how wonderful
it is to see sheep, chickens, and plants.
Looking and listening with the eyes and heart of a kindergartner has
made me grateful and awed by the workings of a farm, once again. I hope
you are able to cultivate your own wonder and awe in those simple things once
again as you see the joy and gratefulness in these pictures of our kindergarten
students on their field trip.
Friday is a Spirit Wear Day!
Have a great week!
Mrs. Baier
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