Teaching Sage Blog: An Apple A Day – Just Write It
Below is a post that I wrote in 2018. I am posting it again because now, more than ever, allowing children to write is imperative for brain development. During the pandemic, most students spent at least some of the time online. Learning, development, and socialization...Teaching Sage Blog: An Apple a Day – Three Questions
THREE QUESTIONS There is a book by Jon J Muth which is based upon a story by Leo Tolstoy. It is called The Three Questions. The story takes us on a journey with Nikolai, who believes he will find all meaning of life by answering three questions: “When is...Teaching Sage Blog – An Apple A Day: Heart to Heart
Let’s have a little heart to heart. I live across from a public school and I really like it. The playground is outside my home and I feel as if I have a very large front yard. There are usually people coming and going all day so I feel like I always have company....Teaching Sage Blog: An Apple A Day – The Written Word
In one of my posts from a few years ago, I wrote about the written word. Here it is: There is nothing I like more than a newly sharpened pencil and a blank page. It allows for the most open-ended type of writing. I also enjoy watching young children with the same...Teaching Sage Blog: An Apple A Day – Food for Thought
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. – Aristotle. Are we teaching our students/children to think? To solve problems? To question without judgment, just curiosity? I ask these questions because I tutor students as a...Teaching Sage Blog – An Apple A Day: Different(iated) Apples
Recently, I was speaking with my son about differentiated instruction. Both of us have education degrees and we both use those degrees in different ways so often we discuss education strategies. I cannot recall what exactly prompted the discussion, but he said, I...Teaching Sage Blog: An Apple A Day – The Pearl in the Oyster
I have a pearl necklace that was once owned by my mother. I believe it is costume jewelry but it has this great rhinestone clasp and is probably from the 1940’s. I love this necklace because it belonged to my mother and because I love the look of pearls. They...Teacher’s Blog: An Apple a Day…
Today’s Apple: Safety First Every school year brings hope, excitement, and wonder for what is to come. Who will be in class together? Who are the teachers? What will my child’s teacher be like? All of which are part of going back to school. As a parent,...Teaching Sage Blog: An Apple A Day – Silence is …Snow?
In the northern states where I reside, we are experiencing our first major snow storm. It has been snowing for six hours but it is the type of snow that is light and fluffy and easy to shovel. I know because I just spent the last hour moving snow off my walk and...