Posted by Chip on November 5, 2011
Double-digit kids, these tens can take on anything and love every minute of it (well, almost). If you sense my unbridled enthusiasm for this age, you’re not off the mark. 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” [...]
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Posted by Chip on November 4, 2011
Elevens are powerful advocates, strong believers, and budding lawyers. They are passionate about their ideas and their opinions, their allegiances and their sense of justice. 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 [...]
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Posted by Chip on November 3, 2011
Closer to teenagers than middle childhood, the twelves, too, are still tweeners. Twelves have enormous positive energy for both independent and group endeavors, whether at school, in sports, or in after-school activities such as dance, gymnastics, martial arts, chess, cooking, or crafts. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If [...]
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Posted by Chip on October 30, 2011
The idea of spending more time thinking about and attending to children’s strengths and positive attributes at each phase of their development can provide a refreshing perspective on our jobs as parents and educators. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, [...]
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Posted by Chip on December 13, 2010
After a well-deserved holiday break, teachers will turn their attention in January to new lesson units and students who also will begin to seem new in many ways as the year advances. In some schools, this is called “turning the page.” JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re [...]
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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. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click [...]
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Posted by Chip on May 27, 2009
As we compare our children with others in their same age range, it’s natural for us to create a kind of mental ranking about where one child falls in our understanding of what is appropriate at a certain age or grade. Is she behind or ahead academically? Too shy or too bossy? Is he “keeping [...]
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Posted by Chip on April 22, 2009
After my own reading, observing, and thinking so much about the power of imaginative play in children’s development of self-regulation and the scaffolding of learning in early educational settings, I’ve inevitably been paying closer attention to Lily (now 4.7) and Isaiah (now 9.10) at play on the home front. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a [...]
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