Blogs for Aug, 2009
How To Encourage More Positive Behavior in Your Children
Imagine that you did a “time study” on yourself as you relate to your child. What percent of the time are you focusing on that child’s positive traits and behaviors? What percent of the time are correcting, directing, criticizing and sometimes worse? The best self-report I have heard from parents is about 50% - 50%. The most common is 70 - 80% directing, correcting, etc. Think about how that might influence self-worth in kids.
The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round _ another look at bully behavior
The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round… another look at bully behavior
It’s a beautiful late- summer morning, the birds are singing, the trees are gently swaying from a light breeze. The first walk to the bus stop of the new school year is glorious. The kids are running around having fun still wishing that summer would never end. Their backpacks are lined up according to who arrived at the bus stop ...
Reflections of a Fifth Grade Teacher - Post 2
The first day of school. What stress! What nervousness! What unanswered questions! And that’s just from a teacher’s perspective! I can imagine what any typical fifth grader is going through as he or she arrives on the first day of school. And what’s happening at home the night before that first day as well as the morning of that day? Is that child calm and ready to start, or is he or ...
I'm Just Sayin'....
It seems that our kids move more and more quickly from one slang phrase to another. It's hard to keep up. Between the instant message "speak" to inventive spellings used in text messages, it's hard to even understand them anymore. Am I right?
Well, I'm here to help. I have just learned that UCLA has published it's latest dictionary of slang called the UCLA Slang 6. You can order it from them directly (sorry it's ...
Reflections of a Fifth Grade Teacher
Teaching is eclectic. That’s a three-word sentence with a long explanation. What other profession asks me to also serve as a secretary, bookkeeper, nurse, guide, cheerleader, motivator, photographer, tech guru, psychologist, mediator, guardian, and so much more. Yet at the Ashford School I don’t have a single colleague who would choose to do anything else other than teach. This is our chosen profession. This is my chosen career.
After more than 30 years of ...
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