OST with children...

[Elena A. Marchuk]

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" <jsmith at MOSQUITONET.COM>
To: <OSLIST at 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:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris
> Corrigan
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 3:51 PM
> To: OSLIST at 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
> chris at chriscorrigan.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Winston Kinch
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 4:26 PM
> To: OSLIST at 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
>
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