OST with children...

[Toni Petrinovich]

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" <marco at mail.nsk.ru>
To: <OSLIST at 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" <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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