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Our Experiences - As Teachers The wonderful thing about being a teacher is to see ourselves through the children. A New Solution I was teaching very young children (0-5yrs) in my home for a time. The children were wanting to pick grapefruit from my drawf tree. My usual way was to tell them not to pick them as they were green. The Ho'oponopono hs helped me see that when I clean my thoughts a new solution appears. As I used my cleaning tool the idea came to tell the child to ask the tree if he could pick its fruit. He replied, 'the tree say no' and walked away. Another Solution A child was climbing in a young tree. I was concerned that a branch would not be sturdy enough for him to be climbing. I began to tell him to get down out of the tree and I remembered the new solution I had received the other day about telling the child to ask the tree so I did say to him. "Did you ask the tree?’’ He turned back to me and said, the tree say no’ and moved on to play with something else. The Tree said it was mine Another day two boys were fighting over a coconut that had fallen from a tree. A third boy came up and said,' the tree told me I could have that coconut’. They said ‘ok’. Fighting stopped. I was just an observer. Was Pocahontas correct when she told us that we can talk to trees? Supporting the Child in Staying with their own Pace A young child came to my Solar Water Fountain Class. This class was outside and there was a stone outdoor Fountain built in the back of the grounds. She asked if she could go see the Fountain before we started class. We went back and she wanted to clean the small pond of the leaves that had fallen I got her a net, and she began cleaning the pond. I noticed as she took her time, how much I wanted to rush her to finish so we could "start the class". I used one of the Hawaiian cleaning tools and was able to relax and go with her flow. She finished up a few minutes later, smiled at me, and said," now we are all set to go." The class unfolded beautifully, and I ended up having time to make a fountain also. Just Ask The tables were set up to seat 4 at a table. On this day, a child had moved a chair so now 5 sat at the table. A student raised her hand and said there's five at this table, not four. In that moment I could see that perha it was to be different today. I said, "You have asked me but the answer is in each of us; let's each ask and see what we get is the correct answer". So we each took a moment and then I went around the table with each one telling me what they got. One said, 'yes', next one said, 'ok', the last one said 'awesome'. All around the table each one said that it was ok. I told them I saw that, too. A wonderful moment. I noticed the room was very quiet, too. Children do want to learn. Don't Ask Me Later in the class we had this experience. Children were molding clay. Some were coming up to me and showing me what they had made and asked me what I thought of it. I made a general statement to the class about don't ask me what I think of your work. I asked them why they thought I would say that. One replied, 'because you are busy', another said, 'you think all are work is wonderful'. I told them it didn't matter what I thought as it was they, themselves who needed to like it. As I went on to the next class teaching the clay, I said to them in the beginning, remembering the previous experience not to ask me what I thought of their work. I child raised his hand and said, "It is not about what you think, but what WE think" He already knew. Looking for approval nipped in the bud - this class already had learned that one. What Do You Get A child from the table where the five were seated came to me and asked me if I thought her piece of clay work was done. I was going to say, remember I told you not to ask me. Instead I said to her, "Why don't you ask yourself what you get". So she did and replied she got it needed another whisker - she was making a rabbit face. She brought it back to me and I said, "You know what word I get when she show this to me, now. Balanced. Walk the talk. It is not always easy. But these wonderful moments do appear.
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