When I look around my classroom, I see students making choices. The first graders I teach make choices all through the day, from the time they arrive until Closing Circle.
Continue Reading
AUG
01
2010
The Seeing Seven-Year-Old
Sevens notice everything . . . in detail. Their drawing, writing, and play construction is characteristically small, reduced to the microcosm, miniaturized to an intricate and controllable world they're trying to make…
Continue Reading
Continue Reading
APR
01
2010
The Sensational Six-Year-Old
No one is more industrious than a six-year-old. Sixes take on every activity with unbridled enthusiasm. Work is completed in no time at all, though quantity, not quality, is the measure that…
Continue Reading
Continue Reading