THANKSGIVING

WISHES

BEING

THANKFUL

Asking your students to talk or write about being THANKFUL for  things is a challenge for most of them. Some prodding and good discussions of the topic are required for most of them.  With careful thought there are many things, that no matter what economic ladder their parent(s) are on, they can come up with.  Stopping to think what you are THANKFUL for, at any age, is a good reflecting time for all. 

"THIS   IS   HARD"

You are teaching a new skill to your class when all of a sudden you hear someone say,  "THIS IS TOO HARD".  That is okay because you are growing your knowledge and expanding your brain development.  Pretty soon with confidence and putting your right foot forward you will know that skill.  Then it is not hard anymore and you have made a big accomplishment.

TEACHING   STUDENTS

MORE  THINGS  THEN

JUST  ACADEMICS

Preparing your students for their professional life is the part of our Teaching we spend the most time on.  Nowadays with all of the negative activities happening in so many schools and plus Bullying it is important to teach them so much more.  They also need to be able to work together, think on their own, learn to be problem-solvers so that they become great citizens.

H A P P Y

VETERANS   DAY

Please remember to think about the men and women who serve to protect us each day.

TEACHING  TO 

EVERY

STUDENT

A Teacher has a certain curriculum to teach to their classes.  Some of the students will understand the new concepts right away by the preferred method of teaching them.  Some will get it in a day or two.  Then you have a few students that just could not grasp what you were teaching.  Don't let them agonize and suffer repeating the same method.  Teach it to them using another method and perhaps it will make more sense to them.  As long as they learn the skill it doesn't matter how it is taught.  Just remember that NOT every student learns in the same way.

RAISING  CAPABLE

&

INDEPENDENT  CHILDREN

Children need rules to follow and on the other hand they need their space to be able to explore and make some of their own decisions.  If they try and don't succeed the first time it becomes a great learning situation.  Everyone learns so much from the mistakes they make.  It makes them stronger and encourages independency.