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https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/and-please-know-i-do-love-you.html?showComment=1322424519450 Teacher Tom: And Please Know, I Do Love You The difference between my neuroses and everyone else's is that mine make sense. ~Teacher Tom I know I'm a jerk. I wish I ... teacher tomi dopleaseknowlove https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/01/nothing-will-change-until-we-have-dream.html Teacher Tom: Nothing Will Change Until We Have a Dream And one day we must ask the question, "Why are there forty million poor people in America?" And when you begin to ask that q... teacher tomwe havenothingchangedream https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/no-way-hundred-is-there.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: "No Way. The Hundred is There" "The material world is a language for a child," says Roberta Pucci, atelierista, art therapist, founder of Roberta Pucci Lab... teacher tomno waythe hundred https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/ Teacher Tom: October 2011 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tomoctober https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2018/01/like-wed-never-been-apart.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: Like We'd Never Been Apart A couple weeks before the holiday break, one of our two-year-olds found both of our swings occupied. After a couple mi... teacher tomlikeneverapart https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/we-did-teamwork-and-pumped-water.html?showComment=1268147884656&m=0 Teacher Tom: "We Did Teamwork And Pumped The Water" The Pre-3 class got their first crack at our new playground yesterday. The sand pit was easily the biggest draw, and not just at the begi... teacher tomwe didteamworkpumpedwater https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/05/co-viewing-media-with-toddlers.html Teacher Tom: Being With Our Toddlers as They Explore the World Growing up, television was still a relatively new thing, at least around our house. The only reason we came to understand th... teacher tombeing withexplore the https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/theres-no-stopping-cast-iron-pump.html Teacher Tom: There's No Stopping The Cast Iron Pump Not a day goes by that our cast iron pump doesn't get used, and typically it gets used a lot. It's finally found a permanent home in the c... teacher tomno stoppingthe castironpump https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/corks-tongs-and-walls.html?showComment=1337115343587&m=0 Teacher Tom: Corks, Tongs, And Walls Last month, I shared with you about a sensory table concept that was inspired by tomsensori's terrific blog Sand And Water Tables . Since ... teacher tomcorkstongswalls https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-can-do-anything-good.html?showComment=1274712153275 Teacher Tom: "I Can Do Anything Good" From the time our daughter Josephine was a baby, I've made a habit of stopping in front of mirrors to say, "I am sooo handsome." Like The Fo... i can do anythingteacher tomgood https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-mind-of-non-discrimination.html Teacher Tom: The Mind Of Non-Discrimination "We know that when we look into our cells as a human being, we see that the human being is only made of non-human eleme... teacher tomthe mindnondiscrimination https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/ Teacher Tom: July 2025 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tomjuly https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2017/07/?m=0 Teacher Tom: July 2017 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tomjuly https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-fundamental-freedom.html Teacher Tom: The Fundamental Freedom I once taught a girl named Laura who would sit with the rest of us on the rug during circle time, but when she spoke, she po... teacher tomthe fundamentalfreedom https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/keep-spreading-word.html?showComment=1271634689594 Teacher Tom: Keep Spreading The Word! O ne of the fine lines I try to walk as a teacher is the balancing act between teaching children the way I know they ought to be taught and ... teacher tomkeepspreadingword https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/you-want-mommy-to-come-back.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: "You Want Mommy To Come Back" Sometimes mommy has to leave and you don't want her to leave. When I started teaching, I was a distractor. In fa... teacher tomyou wantmommycomeback https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/we-did-it.html Teacher Tom: "We Did It" Last month I mentioned a small, hearty plant that had gr... teacher tomwe did https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/then-well-play-with-something-else.html?showComment=1266091230510 Teacher Tom: Then We'll Play With Something Else I don't recall where I acquired this toy, but I've owned it as long as I can remember. I spent a good chunk of my youth in South Carolina ... teacher tomplay withsomethingelse https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/flooding-playhouse.html Teacher Tom: Flooding The Playhouse Earlier this week , I wrote about the incredible ongoing ... teacher tomfloodingplayhouse https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/it-seems-to-be-working-out-perfectly.html?m=1 Teacher Tom: It Seems To Be Working Out Perfectly One of the ways I've come to use this blog as a teacher is as part of my reflective practice . I take a few photos during the day, sometime... teacher tomworking outseemsperfectly https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-children-make-world-meaningful.html Teacher Tom: How Children Make The World Meaningful "Help! I've fallen!" "Don't worry, dear, I'll help you!" "I can't reach, dear!" "Oh dear, let me reach farthe... teacher tomthe worldchildrenmakemeaningful https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/?m=1 Teacher Tom: May 2025 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tommay https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/rest-of-it-was-beautiful.html?showComment=1276226930930 Teacher Tom: The Rest Of It Was Beautiful One of the big reasons we wanted to run an experimental indoor-outdoor summer program at Woodland Park was to figure out what we would do wh... the rest of itteacher tombeautiful https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-worst-idea-weve-ever-had.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: The Worst Idea We've Ever Had As a species, we humans have certainly had our moments. The domestication of dogs, for one. I mean, we literally created lov... teacher tomthe worstideaever https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/and-then-she-was-done.html?showComment=1312477188594 Teacher Tom: And Then She Was Done It's the kind of thing that happens in preschool, especially one like ours where we sometimes use 4-foot ... teacher tomand thenshe wasdone https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-massive-battle-of-ages.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: A Massive Battle For The Ages I was once engaged in a massive battle for the ages, pitting my powers against those of a five-year-old boy. It began when h... teacher tomfor themassivebattleages https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/08/there-is-very-little-we-can-teach-other.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: There Is Very Little We Can Teach Other People I've been trying to teach other people about the importance of wearing protective masks during this pandemic. I've tried re... teacher tomthere iswe can https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/free-schools.html?showComment=1303229351964&m=0 Teacher Tom: Free Schools What is meant by non-interference of the school in learning? . . . (It means) granting students the full freedom to avail themselves of tea... teacher tomfreeschools https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/product-process-play-and-permission.html Teacher Tom: Product, Process, Play, And Permission I make art in flurries. You can see some of it by clicking here and scrolling down . I've even had a collection of my art on... teacher tomproduct processplay andpermission https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/why-are-we-afraid-of-children-playing.html Teacher Tom: Why Are We Afraid Of Children Playing? Geysir, sometimes known as the Great Geysir, is a geyser in southwest Iceland. It was the first one known to Eu... teacher tomafraid ofchildrenplaying https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/then-he-weared-whale-as-his-hat.html?showComment=1274639416643&m=0 Teacher Tom: "Then He Weared The Whale As His Hat" I worked as a writer for many more years than I have as a teacher. One of the most important lessons I've learned about writing is that if ... teacher tomthe whalehat https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/policy-of-inclusion.html Teacher Tom: The Policy Of Inclusion Our parent educator and I have had an ongoing, friendly and public, dispute over class size for the past couple years. She wants us down to ... teacher tomthe policyinclusion https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/ Teacher Tom: March 2014 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tommarch https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/both-excited-and-humbled.html?showComment=1271193215825 Teacher Tom: Both Excited And Humbled For better or worse, at least for the time during which they come to our school, I am a significant influence in the lives of children, and ... teacher tomexcitedhumbled https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-later-owain.html?showComment=1269732437320&m=0 Teacher Tom: "More later, Owain" Last summer I was writing about the challenges and importance of teaching the preschool rule You Can't Say You Can't Play, and shared this ... teacher tommore laterowain https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-problem-with-hard-work-grit-and.html Teacher Tom: The Problem With "Hard Work," "Grit," and "Rigor" I'm currently reading neuroscientist Antonio Damasio's book Self Come to Mind and came across this fascinating observation:... teacher tomthe problemhard workgritrigor https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/ Teacher Tom: December 2025 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tomdecember https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/who-we-are.html Teacher Tom: Who We Are I'm familiar with the best known pedagogical approaches out there, not expert, but at least reaso... teacher tomwho we https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2015/06/confronting-our-feelings.html Teacher Tom: Confronting Our Feelings Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strengt... teacher tomconfrontingfeelings https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-civil-rights-issue-of-our-time.html Teacher Tom: The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time I'm going to finish the week with one more post on educ... teacher tomcivil rightsissuetime https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/hitting.html?showComment=1315617140463&m=0 Teacher Tom: Hitting One of my earliest memories is of tackling a boy in diapers and holding him immobile while he ... teacher tomhitting https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/ Teacher Tom: April 2014 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tomapril https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/dump-it-dump-it-dump-it.html?showComment=1271258045725 Teacher Tom: "Dump It! Dump It! Dump It!" Almost every day now, I'm hauling more of our "indoor toys" into our outdoor classroom . This week it has been our PVC pipe collection. Seve... teacher tomdump https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2016/12/ Teacher Tom: December 2016 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tomdecember https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/where-would-i-be-today.html Teacher Tom: Where Would I Be Today? Every teacher I had from kindergarten through about third grade tried to change the way I held my pencil. I'd try their way for a couple of... teacher tomwouldtoday https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/solidarity.html Teacher Tom: Solidarity! Last week, Seattle's teachers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike should their efforts to negotiate a new con... teacher tomsolidarity https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/get-off.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: "Get Off!" A week or so ago, I posted about how the kids made a teeter totter that turned into a kind of balance beam. The older kids foun... teacher tomget https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/following-treasure-map.html?m=1 Teacher Tom: Following a Treasure Map One of the children, probably inspired by a movie, used a stick to draw a "treasure map" in the sand pit. Other children gat... teacher tomfollowingtreasuremap https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/12/play-is-greatest-threat-to-status-quo.html Teacher Tom: Play Is The Greatest Threat To The Status Quo "Adolescence" was invented in the mid-1800's by the warlike Prussian nation. They had just suffered a humiliating military d... teacher tomthe greatestplaythreatstatus https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/04/jesse-hagopian-for-president.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: Jesse Hagopian For President! The entire Muskegon Heights, Michigan public school system is run by a for-profit "e... teacher tomjesse hagopianpresident https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/ Teacher Tom: May 2023 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tommay https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/then-well-play-with-something-else.html?showComment=1266082518666 Teacher Tom: Then We'll Play With Something Else I don't recall where I acquired this toy, but I've owned it as long as I can remember. I spent a good chunk of my youth in South Carolina ... teacher tomplay withsomethingelse https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/connection-or-community-or-gratitude-or.html?showComment=1286040499075 Teacher Tom: Connection Or Community Or Gratitude Or Love I'm always caught flat-footed at the beginning of each school year when the first virus comes to visit our preschool. This year, it arrived... teacher tomconnectioncommunitygratitudelove https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/criminalizing-parenthood.html Teacher Tom: Criminalizing Parenthood This is how I understand this story : a single South Carolina mom named Debra Harrell wi... teacher tomparenthood https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2017/02/i-brought-candy-for-kids.html Teacher Tom: "I Brought Candy For The Kids!" Our playground is built on a long slope along the side of the Fremont Baptist Church from whom we lease our space. The ... teacher tomfor thebroughtcandykids https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/making-forest-house.html?showComment=1280411070759 Teacher Tom: Making A Forest House Too often people treat the word "teach" as a synonym for "instruct." They are two entirely different things. The best days as a teacher are... teacher tommakingforesthouse https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-misuse-of-imagination.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: A Misuse Of Imagination When I first started teaching, I spent a lot of time worrying, not about anything in particular, or rather, about eve... teacher tommisuseimagination https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/maybe-when-you-grow-up.html?showComment=1323643478210 Teacher Tom: "Maybe When You Grow Up!" It's nice having princesses in the classroom again. Last year our 3-5 class was virtually prince... teacher tommaybegrow https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/now-im-ready-for-my-ice-cream.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: "Now I'm Ready For My Ice Cream" The two-year-old said to me, "If you eat this food you can have some ice cream." She placed a plate in front of me on which ... teacher tomreadyicecream https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/doing-it-our-way.html?showComment=1292540911557 Teacher Tom: Doing It Our Way This is very cool! Thank you for voting for my little labor of love! For a full list of winner click here . I am excited for myself, of c... teacher tomdoing itway https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2019/10/?m=0 Teacher Tom: October 2019 Teaching and learning from preschoolers teacher tomoctober https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/so-much-greed.html?showComment=1330551789136 Teacher Tom: So Much Greed Unless someone like you . . . cares a whole awful lot . . . nothing is going to get better . . .... teacher tomso muchgreed https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2020/08/sitting-facing-forward-while-muted.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: Sitting, Facing Forward, While Muted As most American schools gear up to start their school year engaged in what is being called "remote learning," educators and... teacher tomfacing forwardsittingmuted https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/im-48-year-old-man-today.html?showComment=1266716857414 Teacher Tom: I'm a 48-Year-Old Man Today Preschoolers love to imagine what they'll be when they grow-up, a firefighter, a princess, but they don't give off the strong hurry up vibe... teacher tomyear oldmantoday https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/now-fun-begins.html Teacher Tom: Now The Fun Begins! And now the fun part begins. Now that our final week of school is behind us, the Woodland Park community now turns its attentions t... teacher tomthe funbegins https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/cooperative-nuts-and-bolts-some-co-op.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: Cooperative Nuts And Bolts: Some Co-op Realities I've been receiving a lot of questions lately about cooperative preschools, how to start one, and... nuts and boltsteacher tomco opcooperativerealities https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/pre-k-play-iconic-archetypal.html Teacher Tom: The Pre-K Play: Iconic, Archetypal, Foundational Literature In January, after our December holiday break, I challenge... teacher tompre kplayiconicarchetypal https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/its-just-life-itself.html Teacher Tom: It's Just Life Itself Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. ~John Dewey For those of you who are unawa... teacher tomjust life https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/vote-for-me-with-volcano-painting.html?showComment=1323257538033 Teacher Tom: Vote For Me (With Volcano Painting)! I've spent the last 24 hours trying to figure out how to do this, and I think my best bet is to show you pictures of a cool idea... vote for meteacher tomvolcanopainting https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/play-like-love-is-always-in-eye-of.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: Play, Like Love, Is Always in the Eye of the Beholder You'd think that people would've had enough of silly love songs But I look around me and I see it isn't so Some people want ... teacher tomlove is https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/weve-invented-new-toy.html Teacher Tom: We've Invented A New Toy! We made a discovery down at the old cooperative preschool this week. As part of last week's mag... teacher tominventednewtoy https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/seattle-teachers-stand-up-for-children.html?showComment=1283696940762 Teacher Tom: Seattle Teachers Stand Up For Children! On Thursday, the Seattle Teacher's Union, fighting back against the rising tide of high stakes testing and academic standardization that is ... teacher tomstand upseattleteacherschildren https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/if-our-goal-is-to-help-our-fellow-humans.html Teacher Tom: If Our Goal Is To Help Our Fellow Humans I arrived home from walking the dog, to find police cars, fire trucks, and an ambulance filling the city block just below my... teacher tomour goalhelpfellowhumans https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2024/08/joy-is-emotion-of-growth.html Teacher Tom: Joy is the Emotion of Growth We never had a teeter totter (i.e., seesaw) on our playground, but the children often made their own, usually by pivoting a ... teacher tomjoyemotiongrowth https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/let-them-teach-themselves.html Teacher Tom: Let Them Teach Themselves I've always known that children like mixing things up, of course, they do it any chance they get. I was forever coming up with ways to invo... teacher tomlet them https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/remember-that-time-you-were-really.html?showComment=1273074190108 Teacher Tom: "You Take A Risk When You Go Anyplace" "Remember that time you were really careful and nothing happened?" --Unknown I'm pretty sure that City Museum in St. Louis is the one of th... take a riskteacher tomgoanyplace https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/03/we-must-find-way.html Teacher Tom: We Must Find A Way We must find a way to make wrong things right, hand in hand, together. Living in a Rainbowland Where everything goes as plan... teacher tommustfindway https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/corks-tongs-and-walls.html?showComment=1302614933794 Teacher Tom: Corks, Tongs, And Walls Last month, I shared with you about a sensory table concept that was inspired by tomsensori's terrific blog Sand And Water Tables . Since ... teacher tomcorkstongswalls https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/pulleys.html Teacher Tom: Pulleys! When I first started teaching at Woodland Park one of my initial disappointments with our facility was that we didn't have an acoustic tile... teacher tompulleys https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-primary-purpose-is-to-care-for.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: The Primary Purpose Is To Care For The Children I was recently talking with the person responsible for hiring educators for a large regional chain of preschools. Altogether... teacher tomcare forprimarypurposechildren https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/this-place-was-just-slab-of-asphalt.html?showComment=1305074460523 Teacher Tom: This Place Was Just A Slab Of Asphalt It's hard to believe that it's been only a little over a year since we transformed our outdoor space from a slab of asphalt and pit ... teacher tomthis placeslabasphalt https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html Teacher Tom: Everything You Need To Know About Common Core I've been writing a lot lately about the scourge of hig... everything you need to knowteacher tomcommoncore https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/heartbreak-is-part-of-both-friendship.html Teacher Tom: Heartbreak is Part of Both Friendship and Freedom I came across an interesting tidbit of language information the other day. The English word free comes from the same root a... is part ofteacher tomheartbreakfriendshipfreedom https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-most-natural-thing-in-world.html Teacher Tom: The Most Natural Thing In The World Learning is the most natural thing in the world. It's an irrepressible part of being alive. From the moment we come int... teacher tomthe mostnaturalthingworld https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/morning-at-ballet.html?showComment=1298890066400 Teacher Tom: A Morning At The Ballet It's nice to get out of the classroom once and awhile to test ourselves out in the bigger world . We don't normally sit in a circle at sc... teacher tomat themorningballet https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/oasis-of-concentration.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: An Oasis Of Concentration One of the most common compliments we receive from the parents of children who have moved on to public school kindergarten is something al... teacher tomoasisconcentration https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/play-isnt-silly-at-all.html Teacher Tom: Play Isn't Silly At All You'd think that people would've had enough of silly love songs But I look around me and I see it isn't so Some people want ... teacher tomplaysilly https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-way-democracy-is-supposed-to-work.html Teacher Tom: The Way Democracy is Supposed to Work Like many preschools, we were always a little short on storage space. We had a separate storage room and a couple of outdoor... teacher tomthe waydemocracysupposedwork https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-dont-we-just-pay-parents.html?showComment=1314374296954 Teacher Tom: Why Don't We Just Pay Parents? You can hardly throw a rock at your computer screen (although I would recommend using the search phrase ... teacher tompayparents https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/worst-education-money-can-buy.html?showComment=1318704394106 Teacher Tom: The Worst Education Money Can Buy Everyone who has ever studied it, everyone with early childhood teaching experience, will tell y... teacher tomthe worsteducationmoneybuy https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/this-is-why-they-soon-find-school-such.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: "This Is Why They Soon Find School Such A Disappointment" As a child, there were certain adults who I instantly liked, whereas there were others for whom I would take an immediate di... this is whyteacher tom https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/why-i-teach-way-i-do-part-five.html Teacher Tom: Why I Teach The Way I Do (Fairness) I'm working on a series of posts I've entitled "Why I Teach The Way I Do," hoping to ultimately pull them altogether in... why i teachteacher tomthe wayfairness https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/arguing-from-friendship-and-integrity.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: Arguing From Friendship And Integrity The children make their own classroom rules , one of the ... teacher tomarguingfriendshipintegrity https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/dog-crates.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: Dog Crates I have a theory that perhaps only applies to me, but if I were ever to have a preschool purpose-built to my specifications, it woul... teacher tomdogcrates https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/childish.html Teacher Tom: "Childish" When our daughter Josephine was young I took her to a new dentist, one that had come recommended by friends. She was nervous... teacher tomchildish https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/raising-humans-who-think-for-themselves.html Teacher Tom: Raising Humans Who Think for Themselves I recognized them as the nice family from our building, their son, who looks to be approaching 4, was straddling one of thos... teacher tomraisinghumansthink https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/you-cant-teach-baby-to-read.html?showComment=1343008618025 Teacher Tom: You Can't Teach A Baby To Read It's not unheard of for preschoolers to teach themselves how to read. In fact, our little school probably sends 2-3... teacher tomyou canbabyread https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-enemy-of-learning.html?m=0 Teacher Tom: The Enemy Of Learning I went to kindergarten back in the 1960's. We played outdoors, built with blocks, pretended, and made some art. I don... teacher tomthe enemylearning https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-arc-of-moral-history.html Teacher Tom: The Arc Of Moral History ( I've posted a version of this post for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for the past several years. I believe that I ide... teacher tomthe arcmoralhistory https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2021/11/weird-but-not-necessarily-useful.html Teacher Tom: WEIRD But Not Necessarily Useful Research I am of Danish and English heritage, with some Irish and French mixed in for good measure. I know the most about my Danish b... teacher tomweirdusefulresearch