Mar 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Poor Julius Caesar. He was warned to beware of treachery on this day, March 15th so long ago. He failed to listen, to heed the signs and paid dearly. With his life. The word “beware” is one of the most powerful words in our language, and although it...
Mar 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
The president of the Rocky Mountain Branch’s International Dyslexia Association (IDA) said something at her presentation at the Longmont library on Tuesday that has been percolating in my heart and mind these past few days: “A mom’s job is to make her child feel...
Mar 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
PART 3: Prepare, Propose & Plan You’ve prepared your agenda…or at least what you want to bring up in the parent-conference. Now starts the real dance. Propose: Marriage proposals tug at our heartstrings. By design, they launch us into a wondrous space...
Mar 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here’s for more details….Prepare, Propose & Plan. Prepare: This is your time to be with your child’s teacher…to start building a collaborative relationship with him or her, and to find out things about your child that you do not know. Prior to the...
Feb 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Hmmm….Parent Teacher Conferences?? They appear to be straightforward and simple. You show up, ask a few questions, listen to the teacher, ideally review some of your child’s work. If you’re lucky, you already know your child’s teacher and really like him or...
Feb 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Anyone figure out yet how many acronyms it takes to educate a child? How many you know the meanings of, and don’t know the meanings of? How many you’d prefer to throw out the window, so that teachers talk to and with you when providing you with reports about...
