Monthly Archives: December 2018

Classroom Interactions Are Soccer Touches – Quality Touches Create Scoring Opportunities

“How many touches did you have?” “How many were quality touches?” “And, what did you do with your quality touches?” I listen to kid-talk about their soccer game. I did not play soccer, so I am learning by watching and … Continue reading →

Classroom Passwords: Booster Rockets For Learning

It starts in the doorway. Kindergarten children are greeted by their teacher standing in the doorway of their classroom. The passwords of the day for entering the room are two rhyming words. The teacher says “cat” and a K-girl in … Continue reading →

If Students Did Not Learn, Were They Taught? No

Start with this thought experiment.  “If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear it, did it really fall?”  You’ve heard it before.  It poses the relationship between observation and perception.  If you cannot observe … Continue reading →