Carolyn, I belive it stands for National Education Association. Beth "He plants trees to benefit another generation." --Caecilius Statius
--- On Thu, 4/2/09, Carolyn Summers <[email protected]> wrote: From: Carolyn Summers <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] Re: The Germans are doing something right To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 11:15 PM What is NEA? I would like to read the article if it is available. -- Carolyn Summers 63 Ferndale Drive Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 914-478-5712 > From: Ed Nizalowski <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:45:49 -0400 > To: entstrees <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] The Germans are doing something right > > > This appeared in the March/April 2009 issue of NEA Today: > > ³Even as many kindergartners in the United States are spending more > time in their seats, rapidly learning to read and write by first > grade, a growing number of German kindergartners are going back to > their roots in the Œchildren¹s garden.¹ Germany has about 700 forest > kindergartens, where students spend their days among the trees, > singing songs, building fires, and exercising their imaginations.² > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
