My final thoughts on the return to brick and mortar school for our oldest students, ages 13 and up for both parents and these adolescents themselves. This has been so very tough, so I hear from students themselves and so I read–and I have done my share of reading on the subject. Mostly, what I […]
Last week, I wrote a letter to be read to children (ages 5-about 8) with the intent of validating their true feelings about the return to school after a bit more than a year of either remote and/or hybrid schooling, or for some, brick and mortar schooling amidst the fear and confusion of the pandemic,
I find myself carrying around my iPad, laptop, and/or iPhone all day every day…this is no way to live an authentic life..especially as a child. Who knew that a 6 year old would learn the word ‘mute’ and know how to use a ‘chat box’?
Lo and Behold! I turned the page on my calendar–Pi Day is fast approaching in just a few days!! Every year for as many as I can recall, students brought all kinds of ‘pie’ to me the week of 3/10 or so since my birthday falls on 3/14 each and every year–LOL! Every year, I
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Question Posed: How can I help my child learn to spell? Part 2 – Early Elementary Students (and beyond if necessary) As I reread last week’s post, I realized that it was long, heavy on theory, and easy for folks to get ‘lost in the sauce’–time to unpack some of the information. So, for this
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