Each year I carefully plan the activities for the first days of school to make them not only productive days, fun days, but also days that makes everyone want to return tomorrow! (Me included)
Read MoreMy grandson T. had a kindergarten experience that made me sad indeed.
Instead of waking up each morning with joy for learning, he cried and complained he didn't want to go. He would return home from school with his shirt completely chewed up from nervousness and anxiety. He hated everything about school and treated every question about it with gloom and avoidance.
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Read MoreBuilding a community of learners who truly care about each others is more important that the curriculum you will deliver!
In this perilous world in which we live, it is more important than ever that we give students opportunity to truly know, listen, and appreciate each other; take time to learn about each other, to note each other's differences, to respect other's likes and wants.
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