609. Measuring

When I was busy in my teaching career, I told myself and others that I would be more attentive, sensitive, and all that if I just had more time. I’d pay more attention to the little things that mean so much. Sometimes I got skeptical looks; people thought my career was just an alibi. So…

You probably already know this, but children don’t always want to do what we want them to do. They sometimes argue, procrastinate, or disobey. We may find these interactions exhausting, but ultimately they tend to be the ones to lose. We’re bigger than they are, and that can give us an advantage. We have control…

In this article, I’ll try to capture the essence of some of what goes on in a child’s mind when the child has a sibling. This attempt is not intended for children; when one is in the midst of sibling issues, one is often unable to see the issues clearly. Explanations adults give feel as…

I remember how hard it used to be, as a teacher, to find the time to do some tasks that I could temporarily get away with not doing. Those tasks often piled up and got more and more difficult to think about. Their not having been done got to be more and more conspicuous, and…

Teachers have a lot of things to think about as they plan and carry out their plans. They think about the needs and preferences of the children, the curriculum, the issues that come up, the various senses of mission they feel, and their own needs and preferences. Some teachers may approach teaching as just a…

If you haven’t read my last article, I recommend that you do, because if you don’t, this one could be quite confusing. I’ll set the stage a little, but really, you should read Part One. Adeen and Uno, the two ones from the ones place, have checked the tens place to try to borrow a…