S L O W DOWNFebruary 2015

Kelly Eastwood & Jim Tiffin Jr.

Mount Vernon Presbyterian School

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What do we mean by

“Slow Down?”

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garden adventure - bright

flower” by Holly W

Hopkins, via flickr © (used

with permission)

Why Slow Down?What reasons can you share?

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the Turtle” by Wami

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Why Slow

Down?

How come we don’t Slow

Down?

How do others Slow

Down?Some ways we’ve heard about…

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Turbo” by clement127, via

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How can WE Slow

Down……as a school?

…as a division/department?

…as an individual?

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An Activity

The Groups…1) Snails 5) Glaciers

2) Sloths 6) Tortoises

3) Molasses 7) Checkout Line on

Black Friday

4) Turtles 8) Rte 285 at Rush

Hour

(count off please)

What you’ll do…First, visit with your group.

Second, play with the sand for a while. As

much time as you want. Maybe try one of

the sculpting challenges (don’t worry about

the timer component), and have fun!

Third, share some thoughts on this

question…

How can WE Slow

Down……as a school?

…as a division/department?

…as an individual?

You don’t need

to answer

all of them.

Just have a friendly

conversation.

Off you go,

with walking feet!Some tunes

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by Esti Alvarez, via flickr

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Thoughts to share?

“Don’t do something… just stand there!”

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by Eric, via flickr © (used

with permission)