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Category Archives: First Day of School
Epistemology: the Heart of a Good Curriculum
What if “epistemology” were written on the whiteboard on the first day of school, and referred to every day after that? What if “To know how you know what you think you know” were universally understood as the point of a curriculum? What … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Authority, Brain Development, Character, Children, Decision Making, Discipline, Education, Excellence, First Day of School, Genius, Integrity, Justice, Leaders, Learning community, Mistakes, Parenting, project based learning, Project learning, school culture, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Standards, STEM subjects, Success, Teaching, Technology and Education, Thoughtfulness
Tagged Authority, building character, child-rearing, decision making, Discipline, education, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, Parenting, parenting skills, school, school reform, teachers, teaching
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Stop Parenting and Be a Parent Part 2
Build a relationship and create a collaborative family When did “parent” become a verb? Somehow I missed the moment. Everyone seems to be telling parents how to parent as if it were an unnatural act. That might be okay, except … Continue reading
Posted in Authority, Decision Making, Discipline, Education, First Day of School, Genius, parent anxiety, Parenting, Play, Self-determination, Social Responsibility
Tagged Authority, building character, character, child-rearing, decision making, Discipline, education, Genius, kids, Learning, learning social skills, overparenting, Parenting, parenting skills, parents, responsibility, school, teaching responsibility
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Kindergarten Readiness
How should we prepare kids for kindergarten? Concerned that so many kids are “unprepared,” for kindergarten the Education Coalition of Decatur has come up with a checklist of skills: (1) academic (e.g. write name, recognize letters, sounds, colors and shapes), … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement, Authority, Brain Development, Challenge, Children, Conflict and Issues, Creativity, Decision Making, Discipline, Education, Educational Testing, Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Enthusiasm, Excellence, Failure, First Day of School, Forgiveness, Fun, Genius, Greatness, Happiness, Joy, Learning community, Mistakes, parent anxiety, Parent-Teacher Partnerships, Parenting, Play, Praise, Preschool, Resilience, Respect, School Reform, Self-Actualization, Self-determination, Social Responsibility, Standards, Success, Teaching, Thoughtfulness
Tagged Anger, Authority, building character, character, child-rearing, conflict, decision making, Discipline, education, Emotional control, Genius, kids, Leadership, Learning, Learning community, learning social skills, learning to read, math, overparenting, Parenting, parenting skills, parents, Reading, reading to children, responsibility, school, school reform, slow parenting, teachers, teaching, teaching responsibility
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The Importance of Being New at Rosh Hashanah
Genius: (n) the tutelary spirit of a person, place or institution. At sundown yesterday, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year started. I always felt that it was part of the genius of Judaism that they had the wisdom to start the … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Development, First Day of School, Forgiveness, Genius, Success, Teaching, Teaching Writing
Tagged decision making, Forgiveness, Learning, Parenting, teaching
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Overparenting: How Not to Get Kids Ready for School
Last school year, I saw a young mother and father in the Decatur Public Library leaning forward over a small table overparenting their three-year-old daughter as she tried to put together the puzzle of an alligator with 26 green pieces … Continue reading
