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Grades and the F Factor
How many times have you assigned a project in the early elementary years to have the results show how much effort the parent put into the project? An assignment that comes to mind was the projects...
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Accidents happen. Children encroach into the space of others. They bump into each other and into objects. Things are knocked off or down, including kids. We teach our little ones to say “Please” and...
View ArticleSpecial Person of the Day
Everyone wants to be recognized. It’s hard to be in a classroom full of people with one teacher and not be recognized even if only for a day. Here are a few ways to share the cheer. In the mornings...
View ArticleFrom the Heart
For about eight years in my career, I taught a Pre-K Early Intervention class in a low economic neighborhood. These children, in order to qualify for the program, had to be economically disadvantaged...
View ArticleFrom the Mouth of Babes
During my first decade as a teacher, I taught 6th grade, 4th grade and Kindergarten. I made it through the early years with the older children with fairly clear communications between parents and...
View ArticleOff Duty
Teaching, planning for teaching, prep for teaching, improvement of your style, improvement of your knowledge, the materials that you need, the materials that you want, the materials that you need to...
View ArticleBlindsided!
Have you ever gone out of your way for a child, only to have it backfire? How about the student that shows leadership characteristics, listens intently to the teacher’s directions, then convinces...
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Validation
At my age when a younger man is staring, there has to be a more logical explanation than what, in the past, might have been an ego pleasing one. As this happened recently in a grocery store near where...
View ArticleThe Truth About Classroom Management
When you’ve been in the classroom for a long time, so much of what you do on a daily basis is ingrained. It merges and becomes a conglomerate of training, experiences, philosophy and values. It is...
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