“Powerful, insightful, inspired, and inspiring, this little book gets to the soul of teaching and learning.”

– Pam Oken-Wright, Pedagogical consultant, author, “Mommy, They’re Taking Away My Imagination!”: Educating Your Young Child at Home

“Misa’s meditations on her interactions with and her relationship to five-year-old Tsuki are an invitation to each of us to slow down, to be present and to discover infinite possibility in our lives as educators and as students of life. For all who desire to bring their whole selves to the classroom, Misa shares how it can be done, bringing a cultural and intimately personal lens to the daily practice of teaching. One can taste the richness that comes when one deeply understands that the reference to that magical teaching moment is not only for the child but for all of us.”

– Lisa Lee, Early Childhood Educator

Forward
An Invitation
1 – Tsuki builds a motorcycle
2 – Meditation: Shoshin wasuru bekarazu
3 – Meditation: Mitsugo no tamashii hyaku made
4 – Mediation: Core values to support shoshin
5 – Mediation: Ma te tiro tomuri, ka kitea tomua
6 – Meditation: Jyuunin toiro
About Misa
Acknowledgements
Study Guide