This! “‘Before we can teach a kid how to academically excel in school, we need to teach him how to have stillness, pay attention, stay on task, regulate, make good choices,’ said Larochette. ‘We tell kids be quiet, calm yourself down, be still. We tell them all these things they need in the classroom, but we’re not teaching them how to do that.’” Thoughts from my favorite youth education and mentoring friends? Rae, Jani, Thomas J., Dean, Will, Jackie, Gail, Mary, Cherie, Vickie, Kari, Katie, Donna, Jack, and others I inadvertently omitted, please feel free to weigh in.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:44:41 +0000