A teacher asked one of my students to leave their room because he was fiddling with the chair he was sitting on and he refused to stop. I asked that student, “why do you think you are always fiddling with things?” He said, “I am just so curious about the World around me.” And with that response, I won’t ever ask my students to stop fiddling in my class.
A spinning top, a wiggling worm, a jumping jelly bean.
There is this boy who loves to wiggle, he moves about and never freezes
A detective, an explorer, a scientist on the brink of discovery
There is this boy who likes to observe, he touches everything and moves it about
An inventor, an artist, a construction worker in the midst of creation
There is this boy who loves to chat, he speaks and shouts and refuses to pause
A teacher, a politician, an advocate on ready to convince
There is boy who I like to call Mr. Curiosity.
Such a great perspective to have…when we look at the world through the lens of the Learner Profile, our ideas about what education should be like change. Good on ya Shags!
Thanks Ennif! I shared this poem with Mr. Curiosity and he loved it.
I love this slice! Its organization is so clever! As the mom of an almost-six-year old boy who is preparing to go to KDG, I am hopeful that this will be his new teacher’s perspective. Your piece spoke to my heart today. Thank you for loving Mr. Curiosity.