Silent Time

This morning I joined the fourth graders for their 10 minutes of sitting practice.  Afterwards we discussed our daily silent time.  Silent time coincides with lunch and is a great opportunity each day to return to the simplicity of just eating, just sitting, just looking around and appreciating the space and the view and the other students in the room.  Appreciation comes from the joining of form and space, from the rose and taking the time to smell it. From the sandwich and and having the space to appreciate its taste.  I invited the fourth graders to remember  to touch back in with this simplicity of sensorial experience.