The adult should always honor the contributions that children make in the classroom.

This reminds me of the “perfectionist” from the white supremacy culture. What would it look like if teachers learned from children and slowed down? I think that this article is a perfect example of this.

This reminds me of my classroom. The infants are not verbal, but they are sometimes more communicative than I am. After reading Seen and Heard over the summer, my co-teacher and I observed children in the environment and let them decide their own rights in the classroom. The list is still adding up everyday. They are just as able to be a citizen in the society, as any other human being.

The rights of children are not and should never be determined by the adult. I appreciate the dedication teachers make at BJS to advocate and honor children to discover their own rights in the environment.

The compassion children hold, especially in this sentence, contradicts the ideas that adults hold within their morals. This is when I feel like I lean from children the most. When I set aside my believes, and listen to the child. They can teach me more about compassion and justice.

This is important to understand when building your classroom environment. You don’t just set everything up and think that it’s enough. You must keep brainstorming and adapting the classroom as you get the know the child. This is something that I struggle with. The “perfection”. It won’t be right for each child if it isn’t dynamic with their growing.

I think this is often times what an educator takes from a child. In a teacher-centric lens it is easy to take initiative for the child, and make choices for the child, when really, this is the child's right.

I think that it is really great that the author includes this statement. We know that the context of the environment can add or subtract some things to this list. That is why it is so important for the entire community to develop these ideas. But this is a great starting point.

This is huge!!!! By offering children things that they are naturally interested in, they can apply what they know already in a very meaningful way. When children are forced into an activity, it might seem that they are uninterested, making their work/thought process much less meaningful.

This is exciting to see because this is the research that Boulder Journey School uses! I find it really exciting that I can connect what I have learned in undergrad to many of the ideas that we are learning about now.

If all teachers were taught to be active in society, we would have so much more of a voice nationally.

I noticed this in the video, the spaces seemed much bigger with a smaller group of children. What would happen if America worked on making less preschools but with much more quality? It seems like we need to shift our mindset.