Found this article in the Chicago Tribune about female math teachers passing on their math anxiety to femal students: http://bit.ly/bOzIPX Wow. I always know that it was our love – or dread – for subjects that did it for our kids. No surprises. But it’s always interesting when my intuitions are confirmed by data. Now,Continue reading “Math Anxiety: Pass it On?”
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Learning the Hard Way
I had such high hopes for my lunch session today. I hadn’t circled or starred it in my program, but it caught my eye and I thought it was one I shouldn’t miss: Instructional Strategies that Work with Gifted English Language Learners I’ve long felt that these “ELL” kids moving to the United States certainlyContinue reading “Learning the Hard Way”
Conference Day 2: A full brain is a happy brain
Where to start? What do you say about programming at a conference where the schedule book is 200 pages long? There are over 250 sessions over 4 days across 15 strands of gifted development. There’s no way I can possibly get to all of the amazing programming I’d like to see. And for somebody withContinue reading “Conference Day 2: A full brain is a happy brain”
Nice to Know
I’m here at the National Association for the Gifted Child’s national conference. I’m here as a teacher, a program coordinator, a parent, and a product of the system. I’m listening on so many levels that sometimes things get a bit deep. Today was the opening address, given by Josh Waitzkin. He’s the grown-up chess prodigyContinue reading “Nice to Know”
Priorities
Just had a teacher realize that she has four specialists working to meet the needs of her struggling readers. For her high kids (I’d say she’s got just about as many)? She has me. Just me. Me, and she has to share me with the other 7 teachers who have reading in that time slot.Continue reading “Priorities”
Something to Lose Sleep Over?
I was just catching up on the blogs I read and I caught an article on the Gifted Exchange: do highly gifted kids need less sleep than their other age-level peers? Check it out: http://giftedexchange.blogspot.com/2009/09/gifted-children-and-sleep.html
Where the Time Goes, Part 2
So the next day the kids are coming in, having found the areas for all rectangles with a perimeter of 56 units. They had all drawn and counted out the squares. We went through answers together, and then one student pipes up and says, “Hey. I think I found a shortcut for finding how muchContinue reading “Where the Time Goes, Part 2”
Where the Time Goes
So now that the school year has hit, my schedule and routine has slowly gotten back to its rhythm. Which means that so many of the things I made time for during the summer have just gone away. Today, I was just thinking how disappointed I was in myself. After all, over the summer IContinue reading “Where the Time Goes”
Psst! Pass it on…
Parenting is hard. It’s also incredibly amazing. I can truthfully say that at the end just about every day. Every so often, I see something that speaks to me as a teacher and a parent, and feel compelled to pass it along. So here it is, from the Zen Habits blog. Check it out: http://bit.ly/2dK6Ih
Toys
It’s a familiar sight during the holidays: wrapping paper strewn about the floor, children shouting with joy as they open each of their new presents. It’s exciting to remember what it was like to be a kid. Imagine all these new toys. What do we play with first? How can we possibly decide? How greatContinue reading “Toys”
Soapbox: The Way I see Things 