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.
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Posted by Chip on October 25, 2011
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.
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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.
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Posted by Chip on January 22, 2008
As parents and teachers we hear them every day. What can we do about it?
Children can say the cruelest things, but often they are unaware of the impact of their words on others because the words are so much a part of their common vernacular at school and in the neighborhood.
Recently at school we have [...]
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