Posts belonging to Category Developmental Needs
Posted by Chip on June 30, 2010
My granddaughter, Lily, loves to swim. Watching her in the water in the summertime is one of the most joyful experiences of this grandfather’s days. In her element, she challenges herself at the leading edge of learning and adventure. She now floats on her back long distances, swims underwater, treads water, and is beginning to [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Importance of Play, Time to Learn |
Tags: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, developmental teaching, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, importance of play, kindergarten, observing children, Time to Learn | 
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Posted by Chip on June 16, 2010
Grandson Isaiah’s tenth year was filled with collections of boyhood in the year in which children are typically drawn to collecting and classifying. His album of baseball cards expanded as did his knowledge of amazing facts from nature and the Guinness Book of World Records (undoubtedly in the top ten of favorite fifth grade books). [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum |
Tags: birthdays, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, eleven-year-olds, Sandra Cisneros, ten-year-olds, Woman Hollering Creek | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 23, 2010
You have until April 2nd to comment on the Common Core Standards in Reading and Math.
April 1st might be an appropriate day. According to Ed Week, over 2,000 people have already taken the time to go to www.corestandards.org and navigate the comment section to record comments. Your voice matters, even if changes to the K-3 level at [...]
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, kiderg, social-emotional development, U.S. education policy | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on March 16, 2010
Parents, how are your kids doing this week with the time change? If you notice that they’re a little more worn out and fussier than usual, it may not be something going on at school or with friends—or then, again it might be, because all that stuff is harder this week, and they can’t figure [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, The School Year |
Tags: adjusting to Daylight Savings Time, children's need for sleep, daylight savings time, Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, The School Year | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 15, 2010
Some call this week at school “March Madness,” with a nod to the endless basketball parade on television this time of year. The analogy does fit if you think about the college kids who are sometimes playing three and four basketball games in as many days, the ones with the greatest stamina often the ones [...]
Categories: Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, The School Year |
Tags: adjusting to Daylight Savings Time, children's need for sleep, daylight savings time, Developmental Needs, Managing Behavior, The School Year | 4 Comments »
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 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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