Posts Tagged ‘growth mindset’
Pigeonholing Children
From the desk of Carol… I’m a reader all the time and a mathematician when necessitated. So it was clear to me when my great-niece, Madyson, reached the toddler stage she was going to be a reader. After all, she loved to look at and listen to books. She couldn’t seem to get enough of…
Read MoreWhat Can Go Right
From the desk of Alice… When Hope and I started ERG, we never really considered the things that could go wrong. We were laser focused on all the things that were possible as we started on the journey of building a business to increase teacher capacity to ultimately help students. As I look at those…
Read MoreA Boy and the Library
From the desk of Alice… Let me introduce you to Miller: He is 6. He is a boy. His favorite time of day at school is on the playground because he is “fast”. He likes to be right. All the time. He has a sharp sense of humor and understands sarcasm. He enjoys math because…
Read MoreWhere Did You Get Your Eyes?
From the desk of Hope… I was in a kindergarten classroom last week and a student came up to me and asked, “Where did you get your eyes?” Hmmm. I wasn’t quite sure how to answer but it didn’t matter because she was quickly shooed off to do her seat work. She promptly got busy…
Read MorePerfectionism
From the desk of Carol C… If you look up the definition of the word “perfectionism” you will find something that looks like this. Perfectionism: “being displeased with anything that is not perfect or does not meet extremely high standards”. While this definition makes perfectionism sound like something to avoid, perfectionism does have both positive…
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