Posted by Chip on November 11, 2011
Oh, what fun to be five! Busy and loving every moment of it, it seems five-year-olds may be the happiest people on the planet.
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Posted by Chip on November 10, 2011
There is a discernable turning point in the fifth year where the focused, centered, rule-following kindergartener becomes the full-fledged explorer.
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Posted by Chip on October 29, 2011
My book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom, Ages 4–14 is addressed to parents and teachers. In the next few weeks this blog will highlight a few of the developmental patterns typically observed at each grade level. These are treated in much greater detail in the book.
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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.
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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.
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Posted by Chip on May 29, 2008
A lead article in this weekend’s local section of the Sunday Boston Globe is headlined: A KINDERGARTEN LESSON IN ANXIETY.”
While Governor Deval Patrick is advocating full-day kindergarten statewide and locating funding in tough fiscal times, parents in many Boston area communities aren’t so sure they want their children pushed into earlier and earlier academic rigor.
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Posted by Chip on December 6, 2007
I’ve often observed that children in kindergarten are given more responsibility than students in middle school or any other grade for that matter. In kindergarten, children are taught how to pick up and put away, pass things out, hang up their work, straighten out the coat closet, wipe up spills, water the plants, feed a [...]
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