In elementary and junior high school, students face a diverse number of hurdles, whether it is learning how to make that transition into young adulthood or simply finding out ways to get along with each other. Teaching these concepts to a wide range of age groups can be tricky, especially when kids have different understanding or interest levels. ...

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Today I wanted to share with the few of you who still visit here photos and info about my new school. I’ve mentioned before that I am changing to a brand new school this year that hasn’t even opened yet. Since February I’ve been involved in planning and design of the Small Learning Community that [...]

Everybody looks forward to summer vacation, but it seems like a lot of teachers and kids are already gearing up for school.  My grandsons are now delighted when I ask them who their teachers might be.  A couple of weeks ago they would have given me the eye roll and the "I don't want to think about that now" look.  Now they ...

After my boxing class, I can hardly move today.  This is a Bee day (Grandsons in charge), and I have promised the four year old that he can ride his bike to the park.  This means I run beside him really fast since the training wheels came off last week.  I feel like Rocky in training.  It's too bad someone won't be filming and ...

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I created this blog because I want to find out from teachers, administrators, and parents their thoughts on implementing a more diversified curriculum for students. The current curriculum, I feel based on my own experiences with the educational system, is extremely limited.  We need to be pro-active with students if we want them to become ...

Essential Skills software is developed by experienced teachers and based on well established teaching methods that have been proven to enhance early learning. Our software is closely aligned with current curriculum standards and is used in more than 12,000 schools to supplement classroom instruction. We are so confident that our programs will ...

The teachers are walking around with that beaten down look - frowns that are furrowing their brow, lips tightly compressed against the possibility that they will say what they really want to, heavy sighs preceding and ending conversations, clutching a fat stack of referral forms.The student have decided to come to school in body only - they have ...

So I am teaching my students how to design a chart or table and use it for the collection of data. Since I have taught this skill eleven times before (although it feels like a million) I expected some of the potholes we might run into. For example, because students must generate data, they must design a question to ask their peers which can be ...