5 Tips for Parents
Kindergartners who are relatively younger than their classroom peers are at risk for doing less well in school.
Tidbit # 9-Irrelevant
A gripe that I hear more nowadays than I can remember having heard in years past relates to the relevance of school, in general, and of material studied, in particular. I certainly remember having rolled my eyes a good many times about units I really had no interest in, books I did not care to […]
Tidbit # 10-Interruptions and Dashed Hopes
I don’t want to write another post about Covid — living through covid, the disappointments thanks to Covid, the educational and psychological fallout in the wake of Covid; there is more than ample written material out there to speak to our collective Covid traumas, only a few of which we’re even starting to name and […]
Tidbit # 17-Following Their Lead
What’s Next? In working with gifted learners, I have learned that one of the best things that we can do to support them is to follow their lead. If you are listening to them and following their lead, you will never be led astray. How does this look in the classroom? Obviously, we can not […]
Tidbit # 18-Keeping up with the Curveballs of Gifted Scholars
Everyone says that there are no two days that are the same as a teacher. That is the truth. You never know what can happen when teaching tiny humans. However, for the most part, teachers generally like to have some sort of plan. To know when they are doing what, and the logistics of the […]
Tidbit # 19-The Magic of a Strengths-Based Classroom
A magical classroom with curious minds, Where the air is filled with whispered rhymes. Childish laughter, ideas that grow, Creative spirit brought to the show. Colors of imagination that come alive on paper, Fantasy worlds brought ever closer. Innocent eyes look around in awe, As joyous thoughts take high flight from every corner. A […]
Tidbit # 3
As my kids have gotten older, more mouthy and self-assured in their positions, I have vacillated between being pleased not to have sugar-coated or avoided difficult topics or unpleasant realities, including the fantastic set of hypocrisies that are much of life, and very uncertain about whether I took advantage of their unusual capacity to deeply […]
Tidbit # 6-Tuning in to acknowledge the vagaries of minds
When deep thinking and an impatient urgency to fully understand a concept and all of its applications are a student’s modus operandi, dialing back to master “the basics” and being tasked with biting off small bits until being permitted to delve wider and deeper can not only be frustrating; it can be downright demotivating! What’s […]
Tidbit # 7 Hobbies
Is it possible to have a hobby you’re not serious about? I mean, can you actually casually do something and somehow resist the urge to try to be the best at it? Is there even such a thing as a “hobby” or are all hobbies really just another serious interest that you’ve decided you don’t […]
Tidbit # 8-How to Rest
A lot of people have written on this topic over the past 5-10 years, in particular. Major studies have been completed. The Harvard Business Review has just published an article about listening to your body and learning to relax, say no, the benefits of yoga — you know the rest. Let me start off by […]