Starting local “pods” — small groups of students 4-6 for learning literacy, numeracy, and basic skills for January 2021 term. Using Montessori equipment and long experience in tutoring and teaching. Will be academically superior, fun for the children and safe should we see continued health concerns. 2 morning a week in 7 week terms. Call…
I’ve helped educators for a long time, as you can see from this website. You may not know it, but I’ve been helping parents, too, on a podcast historically called “The Great Shalom.” You can find it on Apple Podcasts, other platforms, and on my website at : OvercomingLearningProblems.com. There, you will find a few…
CONSULTING: Targeted solutions for small businesses including organizational Assessments/original research and implementations including staff training. I started with office organizing and work flow process and made so much difference to the bottom line, that my friends told me to start consulting. See reference letters under “About.” I got more positive change than national consulting firms…
I’ve been working for the past coupe of years on encouraging pastors/ministers/congregational leaders to start childcare centers in their buildings — because I think that would be a great contribution to society. It would help children, their family, their neighborhood, and indeed the nation. There is robust, replicated, reasonable research that shows that congregationally affiliated…
Heavily Decorated Classrooms Disrupt Attention and Learning In Young Children Howevermuch you think it is heretical: too much is too much. Montessori knew that. You know that. Plan your classroom decorations to go with what you are teaching and clear out the old.
Caldecott Winners (Hosted by Association for Library Service to Children) http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal Parents’ Choice http://www.parents-choice.org/allawards.cfm The Kindergarten Canon, by Fordham https://edexcellence.net/commentary/education-gadfly-daily/flypaper/2012/the-kindergarten-canon.html Redeemed Reader https://redeemedreader.com/ Some Christian mothers review books: https://ccbreview.blogspot.com/ Advance Publishing, owned by Author and Activist for Character Education, Carl Sommer (fyi aimed at elementary age, but still many books may…
I got a report at a conference yesterday that more public schools are adopting character development into their curricula. As you know I have been a supporter of this move for a few years. When I started there were at most only 4 other initiatives. Not only do teachers realize this is better for classroom…
Anything you do without enthusiasm makes you less of who you were meant to be. “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Once enthusiasm is lost, it’s like starting a fire with wet wood. Enthusiasm is: Strength. Joy. Grit. Sweet. Enthusiasm is the difference between putting in your time and meaningful effort. […]…
Recently I was in Houston, at a new conference, and once again I had a packed out room with enthusiastic participants. I may be the only trainer around who specializes in helping directors with the business end of their work. We did Time Management and they agreed they wanted me back for my training on…
Since the 70s, morals to a story have been specifically not permitted in most paid writing. Why not? Since we now know that academic success is predicted foremost by character training, we need to reverse this. On second thought, all stories have moral points. So what we need to do is to articulate, specifically, the…