Recent Posts Tagged With 'children'

• When the Petals Drop

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 22:38 in children, preschool, toddler, fatherhood, time, rose, petals

  “Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.” ~John Archibald Wheeler Most of the time when it’s my turn to pick up Max from preschool, I admit, I’m running at least a little bit behind. Often, I leave my desktop scattere...

• The Classroom is Only a Baseline

  Posted on Thursday May 14th, 2009 at 03:00 in children, teaching, writing, home school, classroom

  This is the 200th post at Writer Dad. In lieu of balloons or red roses, rainbows or high fives, I’d like to make an announcement. This is the post I was originally going to run on Monday, before I decided to run Cindy’s birthday card inst...

• How to Give Your Child a Limitless Life

  Posted on Monday May 4th, 2009 at 02:07 in children, communication, teaching, writing, writers workshop

  The world is on fire. An inferno of evolution is sweeping the planet, pushing us faster and farther than ever before. Communication is now instant and it is those with the sharpest skills to clearly communicate who will be the ones to mine the most f...

• Necessary to ME

  Posted on Friday April 3rd, 2009 at 03:00 in family, children, communication, marriage, soul, necessary

  Necessary to Me “A marriage makes 2 fractional lives a whole; it gives to 2 purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it; it gives to 2 questioning natures a reason for living and something to live for; it will g...

• Writing is a Lifelong Habit

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 03:00 in children, writing, 4th grade, blooms taxonomy

  Writing is a Lifelong Habit “Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.” ~Author Unknown Ask a room full of people to write and you will find the span of sudden feelings ranging from the joy of creation to the fear of challenge. For...

• Writing is Fun

  Posted on Wednesday April 1st, 2009 at 03:00 in children, school, writing, workshop, classrooms, writing is fun

  “Children should spend more time writing. Opportunities to write more than a sentence or two are infrequent in most American elementary school classrooms. As well as being valuable in its own right, writing promotes ability in reading.”...

• Write on Mia!

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 00:09 in learn, children, school, writing, daughter, teacher, being a dad, dual immersion

  Note: This is another one of those posts where I unabashedly fawn over my daughter. I’ll try not to be too sloppy. “To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.” ~Josh Billings Last week ...

• High Five!

  Posted on Monday October 20th, 2008 at 00:50 in children, success, dna, praise, proud, living well, applause, compliment

  “I can live for two months on a good compliment.” ~Mark Twain Anyone who questions the power of praise, should test its undiluted strength on any random pack of children. Picture this: A dozen kids are sitting around a table, waiting on ...

• Pianoforte

  Posted on Friday October 3rd, 2008 at 00:30 in children, comments, classical, nirvana, pianoforte

  Music is what feelings sound like.  ~Author Unknown Disclaimer: This post contains unmitigated fawning over my first born.  I don’t do this often, but a certain joy embedded in my blog is that I’ll not see your eyes roll as I pride in ...

• Behind Their Eyes

  Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 00:18 in children, writer, writing, Thought, mind, grandchildren, innocent, perspective

  If you’re interested in yesterday’s conversation, it’s still going strong.  I’ve gathered your best questions, and thrown them down, but I’ve no Idea if Benji’s bound to bounce them. “Childhood is measured o...