Kindergarten Prep and Beyond

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Our response: Educating all students about how some people struggle with this, is important. When behavior does not match intention, it’s hard to understand. Students, and really everyone, should learn that when someone does something offensive, to respond with a question like, “Did you mean to [bother, annoy, hurt, distract, etc.] me?” If they say no, then ask what they meant. After, follow up with how you felt and why you felt that way. This is truly the only way students who don’t understand social behavior and situations, can eventually learn. It can take a few times, one hundred times, or more. Coming to a common understanding is where true resolution happens. It takes all of us to help support the vulnerable.

The Hidden Hierarchy of Acceptance: A Hard Truth about Teens and Tolerance I work with some incredible teens. They are young people who embrace wholeheartedly the ideals of tolerance and inclusion. But some are also heavily influenced by cancel culture, and believe erroneously that a safe space is one free from annoyance or offense. The result is a volatile cocktail that c...

Today I taught a “twice exceptional” high school
student how to connect the character’s motivation to the outcome, helping them see that even a good trait can be considered a flaw in literature if it leads to conflict.

The parents who appreciate our reading program the most are the ones who enroll their second or third child because they see the difference between their second/third child and their firstborn who didn’t use our program.

The secret sauce to learning is internal motivation.
Children have internal motivation when they can choose.

Students feed relaxed, parents’ stress melts away.

Consider asking your child how they feel about their progress with a chore instead of asking them if they’re done yet or how much they did.

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Students are welcome to work on any schoolwork during break if they would like to. Even just 30 mins today to get back in the routine can help with the transition.
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Praise positive character traits, not achievements, especially in a world where dopamine hits when one achieves (video games, etc.)

It’s hard for me to work with students who expect me to say “good job” all the time. Do we want children to think they did a good job with something they couldn’t consciously control? Is it their fault if they forgot something? Not really…

One can say they didn’t study enough... My response to that would be, “What if they forgot because they felt stressed, didn’t sleep well, or ate poorly? It’s not always their fault.”

So why congratulate for something they can’t control 100%? It only encourages them to try to control things that are out of their control. It’s contradictory when we also teach SEL: to accept that we cannot control things out of our control.

So in reality, some children are getting mixed messages and are getting confused. This is unhealthy and unconducive to learning.

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