Wait – by Anonymous
Isn’t this poem beautiful? Wait Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried: Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate, And the Master […]
Isn’t this poem beautiful? Wait Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried: Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate, And the Master […]
Here I am, discussing something that is totally out of my league, I guess. Well to be fair, from 1983 to 1990 I had a career as a small two-bit […]
I just finished commenting on a blog post by someone who makes claims of being a literacy expert. The blog submitting that allowing children to choose their own books gets them […]
Are we surprised? No! Teaching children to read requires a well-trained teaching staff and the use of a fully vetted direct, systematic, phonetic curriculum. Alex Newman is spot-on in his […]
A few years ago, I received a visit from a distraught single mother whose son I had taught years before in kindergarten. In kindergarten her child zoomed into reading, writing […]
I saw a great spelling exercise on Alison Clarke’s Spelfabet blog. Presently, as we teach children to read, we also require them to spell and put the same word in a […]
Is it really possible for kindergarteners in disadvantaged neighborhoods to learn to read in kindergarten? Does learning to read have to be super stressful? Does it have to take up […]
As parents and teachers we often struggle with disciplining our children. At times we can be too strict and at other times too tolerant. We may lack the consistency and […]
Ashley Lamb-Sinclair wrote a wonderful article on the essence of teacher leadership. I truly concur with her sentiments and wanted to share this article with you. “The truth is that […]
We are discovering that online courses are not a panacea. We must tread lightly here, and remember that those students who are academically challenged need physical instruction. They need the […]