Posted by Chip on March 16, 2010
Parents, how are your kids doing this week with the time change? If you notice that they’re a little more worn out and fussier than usual, it may not be something going on at school or with friends—or then, again it might be, because all that stuff is harder this week, and they can’t figure [...]
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Tags: adjusting to Daylight Savings Time, children's need for sleep, daylight savings time, Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Thinking Developmentally | 
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Posted by Chip on March 15, 2010
Some call this week at school “March Madness,” with a nod to the endless basketball parade on television this time of year. The analogy does fit if you think about the college kids who are sometimes playing three and four basketball games in as many days, the ones with the greatest stamina often the ones [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Teachers & Teaching, Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: adjusting to Daylight Savings Time, children's need for sleep, daylight savings time, Managing Behavior, Schoolwide Issues, Thinking Developmentally | 4 Comments »
Posted by Chip on February 23, 2010
In the preface to my book Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom, Ages 4-14, I ask readers to “pay attention to the linits of developmental characteristics and characterizations.” I note that although general expectations about childrens’ behavior have emerged through detailed and repeated observations and have yielded certain patterns of development, “they are not precise predictions [...]
Categories: Thinking Developmentally |
Tags: childhood bipolar disorder, Childhood: A Multicultural View, Developmental Education, Managing Behavior, Melvin Konner, TDD, temper dysregulation disorder, Thinking Developmentally, Yardsticks | 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. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the [...]
Categories: Managing Behavior, Parent Questions & Concerns |
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Posted by Chip on September 21, 2009
The first month of school is not even over yet, but the honeymoon may be. Teachers often refer to the first few weeks of school as a “honeymoon” period when children are getting to know their new teacher and classmates and tend to be more or less on their best behavior. It doesn’t take long, [...]
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Posted by Chip on March 16, 2009
Well, last week, we did it again. Tinkered with time, moved our clocks forward a little earlier and fooled ourselves into thinking we can squeeze just a little more out of life by building in as much daylight as possible. JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this [...]
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Posted by Chip on July 28, 2008
The last line in the book I’m about to recommend reads, “This is how school can sound.” Whether you’re about to enter your first classroom or have been teaching for 20 years, I can think of no better book to recommend to you this summer then Paula Denton’s The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language [...]
Categories: Books, Managing Behavior |
Tags: Managing Behavior, Northeast Foundation for Children, Paula Denton, Power of Our Words, Responsive Classroom approach, teacher language | 2 Comments »
Posted by Chip on April 2, 2008
Sometimes I have to be reminded how important it is to go back to the beginning with children when trying to solve a social problem between two of them, whether it is in the 2nd or 5th grade. The problem itself may seem insurmountable at the time. It could be about friendships or about a [...]
Categories: Building Relationships & Community, Managing Behavior |
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