We talk about our over-arching philosophy that “the kids can play” — and how as teachers, we sometimes might inadvertently hold students back from “just playing” because we think we have to go through all kinds of complicated steps and procedures before they “start,” so that they are “ready,” putting learning on a long drawn out (potentially unnecessary) timeline. Then, we talk about a miraculous camp at Seattle JazzED where kids go from zero to performing in 4 days.
