Posts belonging to Category Parent Questions & Concerns
Posted by Chip on July 7, 2011
Summer is a time when parents hopefully get to spend at least a little more time with their children—though I know that for many the challenge of juggling work and finding adequate child care can be even more daunting than during the school year! If you do have some time to spare, here’s some summer [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Parent Questions & Concerns |
Tags: children's strengths, parenting, summer vacation | 
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Posted by Chip on May 11, 2011
Change is never an easy thing for us humans. Even changes we look forward to carry with them elements of the unknown with accompanying worry and anxiety. Children need help learning to deal with changes whether at home or at school. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re [...]
Categories: Parent Questions & Concerns, Schoolwide Issues |
Tags: changing grades, helping children deal with change, moving to a new grade, Schoolwide Issues | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on May 9, 2011
Mother’s Day at our house got us to thinking about whether there was a Sister’s Day or a Brother’s Day? Google says National Sibling Day is April 10th, and there’s a Brothers and Sisters Day on May 2. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Holidays & Traditions, Parent Questions & Concerns |
Tags: brothers and sisters, Brothers and Sisters Day, Holidays & Traditions, Mother's Day, National Sibling Day, Parent Questions & Concerns, Sibling Day | 1 Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 11, 2011
Looking for specific ideas to enliven and infuse meaning into your homework assignments and connect them to your next day’s lessons in the classroom? Here are five “outside-the-box” strategies guaranteed to make your students smile, think, and learn. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Parent Questions & Concerns, Teachers & Teaching |
Tags: Education Reform, homework, homework ideas, Parent Questions & Concerns | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on April 7, 2011
Here’s something schools could do to guarantee the creation of a home–school compact that aims to make homework meaningful to students, teachers, and parents: Adopt a practice of teaching homework. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post a Comment” [...]
Categories: Education Reform, Parent Questions & Concerns, Teachers & Teaching |
Tags: Education Reform, homework, interactive modeling, Parent Questions & Concerns, school reform | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on February 3, 2011
With my last two blog posts, I’ve concluded my collection of “Positive Attributes from Ages 4-14.” (See “Positive Attributes” in the categories list to the right if you’d like to see the whole collection!) It dawned on me that parents of teenagers or tweenagers who might have just read about ages 13 and 14 might also [...]
Categories: Books, Building Relationships & Community, Parent Questions & Concerns |
Tags: Anthony Wolf, children's strengths, Dr. Anthony E. Wolf, parenting teenagers, teenagers | Post a Comment »
Posted by Chip on October 4, 2010
Now that the “first six weeks of school” mark is drawing to a close or has just passed, homework is a reality for most students, parents, and teachers. Question is—are all aware of the same expectations? JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the [...]
Categories: Parent Questions & Concerns, Schoolwide Issues, Teachers & Teaching |
Tags: helping children with homework, homework, Parent Questions & Concerns | 3 Comments »
Posted by Chip on August 25, 2010
Just to get everybody in a school frame of mind—a short quiz. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post a Comment” or the word “Comments” below the entry —If you’re reading this entry from your email, click “Yardsticks” to [...]
Categories: Parent Questions & Concerns, Schoolwide Issues |
Tags: back to school, first day of school, getting ready for school, helping children start the school year, start of the school year | 2 Comments »
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