{"product_id":"a-gift-of-wonder-a-true-story-showing-school-as-it-should-be-paperback","title":"A Gift of Wonder: A True Story Showing School as It Should Be - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Allsup\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis story is a living reminder of the simple beauty of childhood wonder and our responsibility to the future never to give it up.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47653039145213,"sku":"9781584209546","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/RWRhSmlwSGVPMTRHbS9rWDdWS3FtZz09.webp?v=1780883559","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/a-gift-of-wonder-a-true-story-showing-school-as-it-should-be-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}