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12 Questions That Early Childhood Teachers Should Be Able to Answer
Early childhood teachers, like most educators, strive for excellence and scoff at mediocre colleagues. To be considered one of the best there are several questions that ... -
What to Expect: Age 14
Most parents can remember their teenage years as a time filled with turmoil and awkward growth. This can be a tricky age for parents who want ... -
What to Expect: Age 18
By the tender age of eighteen, your teenager is finally ready to spread their wings into adulthood. You’ve spent seventeen years monitoring their growth, helping them ... -
How brain-based learning makes a difference
Brain-based learning is the result of recent advances in modern neuroscience. A mere twenty years ago, scientists just had begun to explore the regions of the ... -
What to Expect: Age 13
Your child has officially hit the teenage years. This is the time most parents have come to dread because they associate teenagers with angst and moodiness. ... -
What’s Happening in the Brain of a Multi-Lingual Child?
Have you ever considered what might be going in the mind of someone who happens to be multilingual? Modern research continues to point to the fact ... -
Pass or Fail: Multi-Age Classrooms and Mainstream Inclusion
In this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that would improve student instruction ... -
Pass or Fail: An Ideal Multi-Age Classroom
In this multi-part series, I provide a dissection of the phenomenon of retention and social promotion. Also, I describe the many different methods that would improve ... -
What to Expect: Age 17
Is your teenager rapidly approaching the days of adulthood? Their teenage years and adolescence are quickly coming to a close by their seventeenth year. Parents may ... -
What to Expect: Age 16
Many parents associate the sweet age of sixteen with driver’s licenses, freedoms, and increased independence. Children look forward to this age with eager anticipation of the ...