Posts belonging to Category Parent Questions and Concerns
Posted by Chip on August 25, 2010
Just to get everybody in a school frame of mind—a short quiz.
(Disclaimer: These questions have been developed from the common sense standards of child development and bear no intended resemblance to the new National Common Core Curriculum Standards or any other state or federal standards currently mandated for implementation in education.)
1. Your child is excited [...]
Categories: Parent Questions and Concerns, The School Year |
Tags: back to school, first day of school, getting ready for school, helping children start the school year, start of the school year | 
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Posted by Chip on March 30, 2010
Six high school students have been charged following a long investigation into the tragic suicide of fifteen year-old Phoebe Prince who killed herself on January 14 after being bullied in school, on Facebook, and through text messages in South Hadley, Massachusetts. As reported by WWLP News:
District Attorney Scheibel said that Phoebe was bullied regularly for [...]
Categories: Building Community, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions and Concerns, Schoolwide Initiatives |
Tags: Building Community, bullying, children and technology, Managing Behavior, Parent Questions and Concerns, social-emotional learning | 11 Comments »
Posted by Chip on February 2, 2010
In my entries about children’s positive attributes, you can find details about the kinds of strengths children seem to display at different ages and stages of their development. No two children are the same, of course, and each will gravitate to different interests at the same ages because different things excite different children, energize them, [...]
Categories: Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes |
Tags: children's positive attributes, children's strengths, observing children, parent concerns, parent questions, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes, Strength Awakening, The Affinities Program | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on November 6, 2009
Elementary school teachers using Responsive Classroom® practices take time at the beginning of the school year to have students identify their learning “hopes and dreams” for the academic year ahead. Many combine this activity with asking parents to identify one or two hopes and dreams that they have for their children in school.
The first parent—teacher [...]
Categories: Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, The School Year |
Tags: parent-teacher conferences, Responsive Classroom practices, setting learning goals | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on November 2, 2009
It’s sort of a trial balloon to see if there’s enough interest to establish a dedicated parent page on the blog—one where we could have sections for various ages or topics of special interest to parents.
Here are some concerns parents often ask about. Are any of these ones you might want to explore with me [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, Parent Questions and Concerns |
Tags: Managing Behavior, parent concerns, parent questions, Parent Questions and Concerns | 12 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 19, 2008
I recently started a series of posts talking about the normal developmental characteristics of children as discussed in my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14. In this post I’ll describe some of the characteristics of younger, on-age, and older sixth grade students. As always, please feel free to leave your comments, impressions, and [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes |
Tags: 11-year-olds, children's positive attributes, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, developmental teaching, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, eleven-year-olds, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes, sixth grade, sixth graders, social-emotional development | 3 Comments »
Posted by Chip on March 3, 2008
I recently started a series of posts talking about the normal developmental characteristics of children as discussed in my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14. In this post I’ll describe some of the characteristics of younger, on-age, and older fifth grade students. As always, please feel free to leave your comments, impressions, and [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes |
Tags: 10-year-olds, children's positive attributes, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, fifth grade, fifth graders, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes, social-emotional development, ten-year-olds | 3 Comments »
Posted by Chip on February 21, 2008
I recently started a series of posts talking about the normal developmental characteristics of children as discussed in my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14. In this post I’ll describe some of the characteristics of younger, on-age, and older third grade students. As always, please feel free to leave your comments, impressions, and [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes |
Tags: 8-year-olds, children’s positive attributes, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, developmental teaching, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, eight-year-olds, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes, social-emotional development, third grade, third graders | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on February 14, 2008
Last week I started a series of posts talking about the normal developmental characteristics of children as discussed in my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14. In this post I’ll describe some of the characteristics of younger, on-age, and older second grade students. As before, please feel free to leave your comments, impressions, [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes |
Tags: 7-year-olds, children’s positive attributes, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, developmental teaching, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes, second grade, second graders, seven-year-olds, social-emotional development | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on February 7, 2008
Earlier this week I wrote a little about the normal developmental characteristics of children in Kindergarten as discussed in my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14. In this post I’ll describe some of the characteristics of younger, on-age, and older first grade students. As before, please feel free to leave your comments, impressions, [...]
Categories: Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes |
Tags: 6-year-olds, children’s positive attributes, Developmental Education, Developmental Needs, developmental teaching, Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum, first grade, first graders, Parent Questions and Concerns, Positive Attributes, six-year-olds, social-emotional development, Yardsticks | 7 Comments »
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