Sentences with phrase «very elementary children»

In gathering his material, Schwartz first made a few records of very elementary children's games.

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I didn't buy «Japan is Number One» when that was the mantra two decades ago, because Japan had severe demographic problems» as in, very few children; its lack of the most basic form of people power in the most elementary form, I thought, would soon become evident in economic weakness (as it has).

The first was a conversation with a young couple who were reflecting on the problem of finding modest, non-sexualizing clothes for their very young daughters, a point which led them to express concern about the educationally sanctioned sexualization of even elementary school children.

I was a very overweight child and while we did have foods offered in a cafeteria in my high school, we never had any school offered food in my public elementary and middle schools here in the Bay Area.

Whether you've got houseplants, a flower garden or your very own vegetable crop growing in the back yard, you can enlist your elementary - aged child in taking care of them.

If your children are in different grades, it's a good idea to eat with them all, as the menu and service at the higher grades will be very different from those in elementary school.

As a child attending Ed White elementary from 1970 to 1976, it goes without saying — that very menu was taped on the inside of our pantry door.

«She has been working nonstop since she arrived at HGSE on the creation of a very beautiful and unusual book for elementary age children about the nature of ideas — where they come from, how they can be nurtured, and what it takes to bring them into the world.

In elementary school (at least in the early years) parents are usually very upset with the separation anxiety of their children.

Design: The site is geared toward elementary students and when viewed from a child's eye, it is very well designed.

The dysfunctional nature of how urban schools teach students to relate to authority begins in kindergarten and continues through the primary grades.With young children, authoritarian, directive teaching that relies on simplistic external rewards still works to control students.But as children mature and grow in size they become more aware that the school's coercive measures are not really hurtful (as compared to what they deal with outside of school) and the directive, behavior modification methods practiced in primary grades lose their power to control.Indeed, school authority becomes counterproductive.From upper elementary grades upward students know very well that it is beyond the power of school authorities to inflict any real hurt.External controls do not teach students to want to learn; they teach the reverse.The net effect of this situation is that urban schools teach poverty students that relating to authority is a kind of game.And the deepest, most pervasive learnings that result from this game are that school authority is toothless and out of touch with their lives.What school authority represents to urban youth is «what they think they need to do to keep their school running.»

I am very upset that children in elementary schools are being experimented on with a flawed project based methodology of pedagogy in that the group grading is going on and vast teacher subjectivity in grade... Read More

Because Baltimore has both K - 5 and K - 8 elementary schools, parents can be very confused about whether and how their children can apply to middle school.

The question here becomes why are elementary school children as young as five being exposed to sexual concepts and anomalies which they are totally incapable of understanding and can be very frightening and confusing to them?

The question here becomes why are elementary school children being exposed to sexual concepts and anomalies that they are totally incapable of understanding and are frequently very frightening and confusing to them?

Gifted preschool, elementary, and secondary school children have very limited protections under state and federal laws.

«I am very appreciative and grateful to the NAESP Board of Directors for placing their trust in me to help further our mission, which is «to lead in the advocacy and support for elementary and middle - level principals and other education leaders in their commitment to all children,»» said Franks.

First, children who possess high degrees of phonemic awareness in kindergarten or early in first grade are very likely to be good readers throughout their elementary school careers.

This, in spite of the fact that the District decided to slash the offerings for those very children by eliminating all of the 27 elementary art, music and PE positions in the Lansing schools over a year ago, leaving the city's students with only 2 music, art and PE classes per semester, while their peers in neighboring school systems often receive these classes twice per week.

Everyone including very young children, older elementary students, even adults will find words to savor here.

Whether you've got houseplants, a flower garden or your very own vegetable crop growing in the back yard, you can enlist your elementary - aged child in taking care of them.

Perhaps we came to it through playing as children making mud pies or maybe it was making pinch pots in elementary school, regardless he feels that clay is a material that is universally relatable at a very basic level.

The children at my daughter's elementary school where she teaches had a very moving ceremony in the school yesterday.

The responsibility of an elementary school teacher is very high as they have to be capable of teaching children on various topics such as social studies, science, language etc..

I am a certified elementary physical education teacher for grades K - 5 and and believe that physical education is very important to the health of our children!!

Despite a growing sense of competence, early elementary school - aged children need very involved, nurturing, and supportive parents.

I submit my very own elementary - age children as living proof.