If you want specific examples,here's our post on growth mindset phrases to encourage children. Strategy #5: Ignite Trial by Fire Perhaps you have a timid kid? One who is so stricken with fear over failing or not being the best at something that they are hesitant to try anything new. ...
Kids in 3rd grade love to read comics or graphic novels likeDiary of a Wimpy KidorDog Man, so have them create their own. A simple version is shown in this video: Fold a paper into thirds to create a beginning, middle, and end. 42. Look into this surrealist lesson Before doing the ...
While that is true with other skills, the main difference between typing as a skill and learning how to throw a baseball is that the former is evolving overtime. Technology is constantly changing and who is to say how our keyboards are designed now, will be how they will be designed in ...
is terrified to wear anything “not pretty” because people “will make fun of her.” One of my other kids gave a “friend” from another class a Valentine and the kid in question scoffed and threw it side, asking, “Why are there only TWO candies?” My kid came home humiliated. I ...
their spouse, but we're not going to throw them the keys and have them get in LA rush hour at age 10, we're not going to teach them calculus before they understand basic math, geometry, and algebra, and we're definitely not going to tell our 12 year old kid to go start a ...
After all, it’s much harder to try to indoctrinate seasoned educators with propaganda that goes againsteverything they learned to be trueabout their students and profession in a lifetime of classroom practice than to encourage those with no practical experience to just drink the Kool-Aid. ...