Elena, I love this!!!! I AM passing this along by cc to a few friends who work with children and have interest in OS. Thank you so much for sharing these with all of us!!!!
Blessings, Toni Sar'h ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elena A. Marchuk" <ma...@mail.nsk.ru> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 7:05 AM Subject: Re: OST with children... > Hi All, > > sorry for sharing ( I hope it is not very big for you ... and an > attachment... ), > as I got my collection of pictures of OS (2 hours at 8-10 o'clock in the > evening... so it is a little bit dark)...on Baikal Lake on the Island > Olkhon.. with Rotaract (children from 17 cities of Siberia and Far East from > 16 to 25 years old I guess) > > and this picture is one of the other funny 'market places' in my collection > > on the 'house' of Buriyat people - called YURTA > > hope to post them soon on my website www.ceres.public.nsk.ru > > best wishes > > elena > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie Smith" <jsm...@mosquitonet.com> > To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 7:44 AM > Subject: Re: OST with children... > > > > Hi Winston, > > > > I'm not sure how you define "children." I've been playing in open > > space with middle school and high school students for almost six months > > now, and having a great time. I also have one experience with a group > > of 5th graders. Here's a snippet of what I wrote shortly after that > > experience: > > > > The third event was held at University Park Elementary School. By this > > time I was emotionally exhausted and starving..... having neglected to > > eat all day. The class is full of very assertive and vocal kids who > > were able to stay on our abstract theme for only a short time. The > > theme was "Thoughts and Feelings about September 11." It was chaotic > > and confused. I think a better theme would have been something less > > abstract and more connected to their daily lives (perhaps a theme around > > bullying). The best part for me was the opportunity to connect with a > > group of boys who were disconnected from the process. We ended up > > creating a new "Z" space where the topic was Whatever You Want to Talk > > About. Part of that conversation was about how much fun they were > > having doing back flips off the swings at recess. (I told them about a > > young man I knew who had done a back flip off a ramp on a snow board > > without a helmet, and had ended up dying. I told them I couldn't tell > > them what to do or not do, but I was concerned about their safety. I > > think that made a difference to at least one of the boys.) Later, one > > of the boys (the one who was choosing to stand on the counter next to > > the sink) said he really liked Freedom. So we talked about that for > > awhile. The boy lying face-down on the floor reading a book said he > > didn't mind that people were milling about all around him, and every > > once in awhile he popped up and said something that helped the > > conversation along. (As you can tell, I didn't take the silent > > facilitator role in this one. The kids seemed to really crave > > interaction, and that's what felt right to me, so whatever happens.....) > > > > > > Julie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Chris > > Corrigan > > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 3:51 PM > > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > Subject: Re: OST with children... > > > > Hi Winston, et al.: > > > > I did write about how quickly my (then) three year old daughter took to > > OST in a story which you can read at > > http://www.chriscorrigan.com/openspace/story_bcaafc.html > > > > Chris > > > > --- > > CHRIS CORRIGAN > > Consultation - Facilitation > > Open Space Technology > > > > Bowen Island, BC, Canada > > http://www.chriscorrigan.com > > ch...@chriscorrigan.com > > -----Original Message----- > > From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of > > Winston Kinch > > Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:26 PM > > To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > Subject: OST with children... > > > > I would appreciate to be reminded (senior moments increase in frequency) > > of Open Space events involving children. I recall (I think) Soweto, and > > I am (kinda) sure Chris has mentioned one or more.... > > Winston > > > > * > > * > > ========================================================== > > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > > ------------------------------ > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, > > Visit: > > > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html