Observe and Imagine, part 1
One of the qualities of good teaching is solid and honest observational skills. When we suspend judgment and simply watch children, they reveal so much to us. Their emotions and ideas are revealed in...
View ArticleLeaping from Four Corners to My Own Corner (Just One Reason I’m Grateful for...
Over the past year, I’ve been coached, challenged and supported to gain a new level of proficiency of the Responsive Classroom® approach. Through carefully designed training, our cohort learned how to...
View ArticleAnother Handy Reference: Closing Circles: 50 Activities for Ending the Day in...
The folks at Responsive Classroom have tossed classroom teachers another home run hit with the release of Dana Januszka and Kristen Vincent’s Closing Circles: 50 Activities for Ending the Day in a...
View ArticleResponsive Classroom is like a Map Because it Guides Our Journey
As I sat down last month to prepare a week-long course for my colleagues at St. Anne’s School, I was reminded of the first Responsive Classroom course I took in 1996. Back then, I was moved and...
View ArticleMany Snowy Weeks, One Word Hopes and Dreams
A long, long time ago, we began the process of revisiting our hopes and dreams for the school year, but we were determined to forge ahead from Here We Go, 2014. The practice of having students...
View ArticleEnergize the Season
The countdown is on until the holiday break in schools across the country. Teachers are trying to forge ahead, focused on academics and school community and kids are, well… excited. It’s hard to...
View ArticleHere We Go, 2016!
January is typically the time of year for resolutions and starting over. We’ve all read the articles and blogs expounding ways to lose weight, exercise more, read more, be more fully present, etc. I...
View ArticleWays We Want Our Family To Be
In the last post, I shared a glimpse of how my family hit the reset button after a very stressful period. Even some of our friends who helped us through that phase were surprised by some of the...
View ArticleWho Will Your Family Be?
The last post talked about how our family, as the result of circumstances beyond our control, had to re-define itself. This post invites you to take a closer look at your family and to define what you...
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