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I’m a teacher. One of the hated sect of humans who think they know more about your kid than you do. Well, not really on the knowing more, but we (and I) do think we know a lot about kids in general and yours in particular. That’s what your taxes pay us to know. You want us [...] Back in time (like the 1980′s) someone was trying to figure out how to make gifted kids smarter. At the time – the beginning of the personal computer – we mostly just filled gifted kids up with more information and hoped they would retrieve it for us when we needed it. Many of them had one [...] At some level we are all agents of our own demise. We cause a little bit of our own death in every action, and maybe most of our thoughts. Fortunately, the reverse is also true. We are agents of our own success. Without a well-developed prefrontal cortex it’s hard to grasp that your life is what you [...] Some time ago I asked for feedback on what I might write that you might want to read. One answer is that you want to read about brains in 400 words. Or something like that. So, here’s what I know today. If you put a person, especially a young person on a Balance Board, you can tell [...] It’s probably good to know just what it is that truly screws up a kid for life. If we can’t avoid it, maybe we can minimize the counselling bills a little? Check this out: http://www.cracked.com/article/195_7-things-good-parents-do-that-screw-kids-up-life_p1 The scientific highlights: No creative names. It is interesting that in recent [...] I started a comment on the Canfield of Dreams website: Upfront disclaimer, being smart about certain things does not make my opinionatedness any righter than the usual …. I’ve talked about the Canfield family already. They are seriously thinking about being a modern nomadic family. Not a new thing to do, but a seriously daunting thing to [...] I’ve introduced you to the Canfield’s (http://canfieldofdreams.com) and their practising nomadic ways. One of their posts asked the question, “What is the worst thing you’ve forgotten, or left behind, on a trip?” Or something along those lines. Being an obedient girl, I always try to answer questions I am asked, so I replied: Worst thing left behind? It [...] A friend of ours dropped in the other night. He’d been at his mother’s – in the garage. With his beloved Cortina that he is restoring. The way he figures it, Father’s Day is a 2nd Mother’s Day. On Mother’s Day, mom gets breakfast in bed, then Dad clears out with the kids to give mom some [...] Reading follows a similar development as oral language development. If you haven’t read Part I (please do!) “No Reading Until You Are 7 years Old!” 1. Louise Bates Ames, PhD (look her up, Marsha Lucas calls her a “superstar in child development” and I would agree) says, “a delay in reading instruction would be a [...] |
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