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By Nancy Monson and Douglas Wisoff Parents… there is one thing that you can be sure of: your children are watching your every move! We all notice how much families look alike, but take some time to notice how much they MOVE alike. Why is this? The body is the instrument through which children make [...]
Read more...The Case for Experiential Education: There is No Learning Without Meaning and Feeling By Nancy Monson Tell me and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will understand. ~Chinese Proverb How do you know your children are really learning in school? By their test scores? Learning is a process [...]
Read more...Schools desperately need a new vision that meets the needs and truly addresses the crises of our youth. The cry for more academics, more testing, back to basics is a band-aid that won’t stick on an open wound. What children need are qualitative, meaningful, valuable experiences in living life, in being useful, in coming to [...]
Read more...As a teacher, I watch children struggle with their communication all the time. Some children talk all the time and never stop, some don’t listen at all, some are quiet and won’t talk about what goes on for them, some are bossy and controlling with their peers, some just follow along and won’t say what [...]
Read more...Picture these scenarios: Mom or Dad leaning over baby, tickling the little feet, admiring the beautiful face. “Come on Henry, smile, oh that’s so cute, look at that smile, watch how he looks right at me and smiles.” Mom or Dad, or teacher, watching child on the monkey bars: “Wow, look at what you just [...]
Read more...School should create the best possible framework for kids to come to learning with joy, curiosity and the desire to find out what life is all about. But, if you read what is happening in education today, if you watch the majority of children’s reactions to school, this is NOT what is happening. Many, many [...]
Read more...You’ve waited ________ (fill in the blank) years to have your baby. It is so beautiful, so special, so incredible. You never knew you could love so much. You want to give it the world, right? WRONG. What really happens when we lather all our attention and affection onto a child? A baby’s universe is [...]
Read more...Children come in all different sizes, colors, shapes and forms. So does creativity. It is limitless in its manifestations, just as science is still discovering the endless marvels of creation. The definition of creativity is “to produce, construct, something new and original in thought or imagination.” All children are creative, however too much emphasis is [...]
Read more...With the start of school come all the after school activities. How do you decide what your child participates in? The first rule, is that every child is different, and their needs and ability to engage in extra curricular activites can vary from year to year, even from season to season. Here are some pointers [...]
Read more...There is a lot of debate over how much children should be directed in their development and learning, and how much they should be allowed freedom of choice. Recently I have been reading about “free” schools where children are given freedom to do as they choose, since they know what is best for them. Although [...]
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