Education
Finding Alternatives to “No” = YES, It Works!
Sunday, January 8th, 2012Yes, I say. One of the skills and ideas I’ve taken from my teaching years and applied to parenting as much as possible is the avoidance of saying the word “No”. “No” is such an overused word in our society, especially (sadly) in schools and in parenting. Its overuse doesn’t mean that kids understand and [...]
Taking Out the Trash and Descriptive Writing
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009For those who don’t know, I co-teach a 3rd grade class at a local public school. Today before dismissal, my co-teacher and I gave our students specific instructions for an assignment they might have. Yes, you read it correctly–might have. I told them that IF there is a snow day tomorrow, then this is what [...]
Last Child In the Woods
Saturday, May 17th, 2008After just reading a blog post entitled “Let’s Read This Book” by BackwoodSophisticate, a fellow EcoEtsian, I am newly motivated to finish reading Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv. While I’m quite familiar with Last Child in the Woods, and have owned it for over a year now, I haven’t quite finished reading [...]
