Posts belonging to Category Developmental Needs
Posted by Chip on March 4, 2010
National “Common Core,” grade by grade, K–12 educational standards are being rapidly finalized across the political landscape as they pass through the doors of governor’s offices and state houses even before the miniscule window of opportunity for public comment closes. Kentucky has already become the first state to endorse such standards publicly in a special [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Education Reform |
Tags: Alliance for Childhood, Common Core standards, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, early childhood education, Education Reform, kindergarten, social-emotional development, U.S. education policy | 
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Posted by Chip on February 23, 2010
In the preface to my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom, Ages 4-14, I ask readers to “pay attention to the linits of developmental characteristics and characterizations.” I note that although general expectations about childrens’ behavior have emerged through detailed and repeated observations and have yielded certain patterns of development, “they are not precise predictions [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs |
Tags: childhood bipolar disorder, Childhood: A Multicultural View, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, Melvin Konner, TDD, temper dysregulation disorder, Yardsticks | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on February 11, 2010
Being a parent or teacher of pre-teens and young adolescents is an amazing experience. There is no question that “tweeners” between the ages of 11 and 14 need extra-strong support, nurturing, and guidance during a time they are demanding increased independence, exhibiting mercurial emotions, and sending mixed messages about how they feel about thenselves [...]
Categories: Building Community, Developmental Needs |
Tags: Building Community, Christopher Hagedorn, Circle of Power and Respect, Developmental Needs, linda Crawford, middle school culture, middle schoolers | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on February 8, 2010
A short time ago, we lost one of the clearest and most courageous voices in the field of education. Rachael Kessler, author of The Soul of Education: Helping Students Find Connection, Compassion, and Character at School and a leader in the field of social and emotional learning, passed away at the end of January.
Rachael knew [...]
Categories: Building Community, Building Relationships with Children, Developmental Needs |
Tags: Building Community, building relationships with children, PassageWorks, Rachael Kessler, social-emotional learning, The Soul of Education | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on January 22, 2010
Thanks to all the wonderful people at Responsive Classroom, you’re now seeing a new-year, new-decade look for my blog, Yardsticks4-14.com. You’ll find that it’s now easier to post and find comments from other readers on any topic of interest related to child development, parenting, teaching, school, and educational issues. It’s also now easier to be [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, Positive Attributes, Uncategorized |
Tags: behavior challenges, children's positive attributes, children's strengths, understanding children, what's normal for my child | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 20, 2009
So, after a late night out Saturday, October 31st, full of sugar and caffeine, we will dutifully try to get our children to bed Sunday night, November 1, an hour earlier as we return to the morning darkness of Daylight Savings Time and head back to school Monday, November 2. Whoever arranged these dates doesn’t [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs |
Tags: children's need for sleep, Developmental Needs, National Sleep Foundation, Nurtureshock | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 13, 2009
I want to recommend an eye- and heart-opening visit to an amazing teacher’s classroom.
You can visit Toshiro Kanamori’s fourth grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, Japan, northwest of Tokyo, by watching a DVD called “Children-Full-of-Life.” For a taste, go to YouTube to watch any of the five filmed segments. Or order the DVD [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Diversity |
Tags: Children-Full-of-Life, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Diversity, DVDs about children, Toshiro Kanamori | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on September 21, 2009
The first month of school is not even over yet, but the honeymoon may be.
Teachers often refer to the first few weeks of school as a “honeymoon” period when children are getting to know their new teacher and classmates and tend to be more or less on their best behavior. It doesn’t take long, however, [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, The School Year |
Tags: Books, Caltha Crowe, Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, Solving Thorny Behavior Problems | 4 Comments »
Posted by Chip on September 16, 2009
Our granddaughter, Lily, missed the kindergarten entrance cut-off date by ten days and has returned to her small and wonderful preschool where she has stepped up from the Morning Glories to the Fireflies, a fitting transition for her, a bright light of imagination, blinking on and off as she dances from one adventure to another.
Recently [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Time to Learn |
Tags: children's positive attributes, children's strengths, Developmental Needs, Time to Learn | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on August 12, 2009
About a month ago, my grandson, Isaiah, turned ten. For a couple of months before his birthday I had been teasing him a little about what it meant to become a double-digit person. “You know, Isaiah, when you turn ten you’re going to magically stop teasing your sister.” Or “Isaiah, did you know that double-digit [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Positive Attributes |
Tags: Billy Collins, developmental changes, fifth grade, ten-year-olds | 1 Comment »
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