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Get these great tips! In this complimentary booklet you’ll learn eight great tips to help you energize professional development in your school community. From engaging your staff members to figuring out perfect topics, you’ll love these tips that you can use right away. Remember your email is safe with me. I’ll never share or sell […]
As I read to my grandchildren last weekend at the Oregon Coast, one of the signposts of healthy, normal development in children came clearly into focus. The love of working alone. Sometimes I think this idea of children loving to work alone gets misinterpreted. It’s not that children want to be in a room by […]
Next time you set the table with your child, try a small experiment: Ask your child to bring you three forks. Just that. Many children who can count to twenty will come back with a proud fistful of five. With that little moment you see something no worksheet can: Saying the numbers and understanding quantity […]
What if…Every staff member in your school knew how to teach children how to read? What if…Every elementary student was a proficient speller, reader and writer? What if…Your teachers were better observers? What if…Your staff members knew how to ask the “right” questions to understand children’s needs and behaviors? What if…Your school community really “got” […]
Today it seems impossible that, for the first eight years of our marriage, we did not have a television. Yes, we watched television at other people’s houses, but there wasn’t one in our home. In year eight of our marriage, our first daughter was born, and we purchased a 12-inch black-and-white TV that lived in […]
After many years of observing children engaged in self-selected activities, I have come to understand something essential: The ability to focus—and ultimately to concentrate—is not random. Concentration develops when the conditions are right. Dr. Maria Montessori identified four conditions that consistently support the development of attention, focus, and deep concentration. In my experience, these conditions […]
“When will my son stop playing with the blocks in the classroom and start to do some real work?” This is a question I’ve heard many times from concerned parents. Parents are anxious to see some tangible results of their child’s time in the classroom. I can think of no better learning pastime than “playing” […]
There is an enduring quote about learning: “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn”. Attributed to Benjamin Franklin and to Chinese Confucian philosopher Xun Kuang, the idea that active engagement is key to powerful learning has survived for over 2000 years. When I was in junior […]
The topics I write about meet at the intersection of parenting, teaching, leading and children. To thrive children need to be surrounded by enlightened adults. By that I mean adults who try to understand themselves, as well as children. As adults we should always be asking the big questions: When we can answer these questions, […]
Kids Talk is moving to Substack! You may wonder—Why start on Substack, and why now? It’s time to do something different. Recently celebrating my 70th birthday, when I might be tempted to close up my laptop for good, I see children, and the folks who lead them, struggling with the basics of learning, and of […]
