Posts Tagged ‘love in education’
YOU Play A Role In Preventing Childhood Trauma
The entire community is responsible for a child’s well-being. Everything is about relationships. Our interpersonal relationships with children are those that most people are aware of. However, as adults, there is a communal relationship we have to children that most people are unaware of – and in many ways, it is one that is just as…
Read MoreIt’s GO time! We Need to Give Kids Permission to Do These 10 Things
We put so many limitations and boundaries on our children. They hear us say “no” a lot. It’s time to empower them with some yeses. Here are 10 things we need to give kids permission to do: 1. Speak their truth and use their voice. We need their ideas, their solutions to problems and their…
Read More“This totally sucks, I know.”: Six Steps to Speaking The Language of Students
“This totally sucks, I know.” That was it. That was the most important thing I said today. To a 13 year old. After 45 minutes of explaining to a 13 year old why we were working on an application for a new school today, those three words turned the tide in a powerful weekend storm…
Read MoreI Was Asked About Ferguson
“What are some real/practical solutions to the Ferguson issue and the Fergusons across the nation?” That’s a huge question. My friend posed it on Facebook and said she is collecting answers. I have one average to huge sized answer. It does not address all of the facets of the issue, the history and the complex…
Read MoreEmotion: The missing learning style
According to conventional theories, there are three types of learning/learning styles/learning modalities: Visual Auditory Kinesthetic According to other more modern theories, the list is longer than three. This website lists seven learning styles: Visual (spatial):You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding. Aural (auditory-musical): You prefer using sound and music. Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.…
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