Thank You!

Thank you for guiding me and supporting me through the last eight weeks.  I have been enlightened through our discussions and encouraged to keep moving forward.  You are all so talented and I hope our journey together continues.

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. 

-          Unknown

Children are full of valuable lessons.  Working with children each day, I learn new things about them as well as about myself.  The quote above defines a cute twist on reality. 

 

 

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.  When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.  I wrote down ‘happy’.  They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

-         John Lennon

 

A Commitment to the "Whole Child"

A commitment to children to be assessed on “the whole child’ concept, I believe is absolutely necessary.  It is important to consider every child’s physical, moral, social, emotional, and spiritual aspects during educational instruction.  Every school, community, classroom, educator, student, and family has unique challenges and strengths, and has a role to play in ensuring that each student is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged. Collectively we have the knowledge, skill, and ability to meet these challenges and share these strengths (http://www.ascd.org/whole-child.aspx).

.               The United States and Canada both support the “whole child’ approach.  They are taking the initiative to create programs that are essential to the educators learn, teach, and lead.

             It is important to give children the tools necessary to be confident and self-aware.  As passionate teachers, we are able to guide children using a balance educational approach to ensure every child is supported physically, socially, and emotionally.

Reference:

http://www.ascd.org/whole-child.aspx (n.d.)