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When teaching your child about patience, it’s good to have thought through what it means to you. When I try to define patience I like to quote Popov,
Patience is quiet hope and expectation based on trust that, in the end, everything will be OK. It means waiting. It’s enduring a delay or troublesome situation without complaining.
What does patience mean to you?
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Here’s three action songs for kids. Today they will be used as transition activities with my Year 1 class.
Hokey Pokey
Happy and You Know It
Incy Wincey Spider
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Below you can access more information and resources about 21 September,
International Day of Peace
Peace One Day Educational Resources
Image: Mike Kline
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This is the second in the series, “How to help your child with reading homework.” Last we spoke about helping your child become an independent reader suggesting that it’s best to give your child control in the process of reading, for example they hold the book and turn the pages themselves. Teacher talk for this is being, “a guide from the side” not “a sage from the stage.”
Today we expand on that theme and answer the question, “What do you do when your child stumbles over words or stops and looks at you, wanting you to supply the word they can’t read?”
Do you just tell them the word? In most cases, my answer will be no. Why not? [click to continue…]
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USA Today Channel 10, report today on the value of storytelling in the classroom. In this video, accomplished storyteller Arturo Munoz Vasques, says that storytelling is a powerful instrument. Click through to watch the video…
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