Kids are very impressed when they observe me typing — or is it called keyboarding now? I will call it typing, since I am an old dog and I don’t feel like learning yet one more new trick. I learned touch-typing in HS on one typewriter in a room full of other students and typewriters, […]
A New Year’s Resolution: To Help Your Child Succeed in School
The first documented New Year’s Resolutions are attributed to the Babylonians, whose culture dates back thousands of years. It was an idea that has withstood the test of time, but — as Hamlet observed — it’s a custom more often honored in the breach than in the observance. Here’s one to consider, nevertheless, courtesy of […]
Extreme Phonics: My Quibbles with Spalding
Better to teach phonics or whole word recognition? The pendulum swings back and forth, but these days “traditional” district and charter schools usually rely heavily on phonics instruction, most often the Spalding Method. I learned Spalding in 1977 from a teaching colleague who had been trained by Romalda Spalding herself. It seemed so elegant, a […]
