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When everyone is down by a cold, we need to keep our mood up.
This week a a malignant form of bacteria has raged among my students, on the best days I have had 50% of all students present in the classroom. Perhaps it sounds worse than it is, I have six students in the class plus an assistent. So if someone gets sick or ill, it very quickly…
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”Invisible support”
Sometimes I am asked ”How can I help you best when you talk to a student?” My answer is that many times, you are a big help just by standing near or next to me , just by doing so you show the child you’ll support me. It is a fairly simple operation, but of…
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Should I ban or should I encourage children playing on their phones?
I’ve been to a camp with my kids and nearly 100 others in various ages. The youngest from about eight years to the oldest around eightteen years. A camp of this size requires ”campparents”, to help and support in all kinds of various situations. I was one of those campparents. We were divided into teams…
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No, don´t pinch so hard!
And the little child pinched a little bit more … I was standing on the platform at Central Station and there where three kids who jump around and played together. I saw them first when their mothers tried to calm them down. Two mothers and three children. One of the children climbed on a pillar…
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”Well drilled” children vs well behaved children.
I had a difficult time finding the correct translation, so I try to translate as close as I can for you to understand what I am going for. ”Well drilled” children have been trained how to behave in certain situations. Well-behaved children are encouraged to behave to always behave in a good manner. Both methods work…
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We can play music on the cellphone, Patric said we could!
I heard a story long ago about a journalist who was to write an article about a dolphin trainer who got the dolphins to behave fantastic, and make a whole lot of tricks. The journalist would be involved from the beginning, ie with all-new dolphin who had never been trained to behave in public. It…
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Its raining…and we had planned to swim today!
Sometimes it happens we must change our plans . It is still summervacation and we have about 13 children at school of different ages, with more or less need of running. It is difficult to get them to be quiet inside, we need to find something for them to do. We had planned a masquerade…
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My child does not articulate very well, what can I do?
It may be that your child is small, or that you who are in too much of a hurry having your child speak. It is often that I see how parents (in the best of intentions, I understand) helps their children to make everything go faster. Children quickly learn, the parents fix everything for them…
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What can you do today to make it better?
My son asked me the same question I sometimes ask him when it looks like he has difficulties to meet, or if he seems sits in that moment. The answer I get from him is often very insightful and it shows that he has good sense. Sometimes he needs a little nudge in the right…