This blog is the last in my little series of things I’ve learned as an educator about kids and how we adults can best support them as they grow. Part One of this series was a general commentary on kids’ flexibility and resilience, with a little bit about setting boundaries. Part Two talked about kids,…
Or: Kids and Their “Challenging Behaviors” Whining. Tattling. Shutting down. Tantrums. Throwing stuff. One thing I’ve learned about all of these behaviors – from Dr. Ross Greene in his book “The Explosive Child” (you should DEFINITELY check it out, even if your kiddo is not explosive) – is that they all come from the same…
This blog is part of a series of musings on what I have learned about kids and education throughout my years of teaching. The ideas here aren’t original, but this is the record of how my brain has processed them. I hope it helps a parent or teacher somewhere. 🙂 Today’s lesson? Kids. Are. Amazing….
So, why did Luff come to be? If you’re here on this page, chances are, you are sick of the public school system for one reason or another. Overcrowded classrooms, overstressed teachers, overwhelming fixation on standardized testing, overabundance of technology in elementary classrooms, overlooking of the horrific bullying problem plaguing our kids…. The list goes…
We will Seek to Understand in every interaction, lesson, and reflection upon our own work and actions. Besides its obvious connection to the goal of learning and understanding new concepts, the motto “Seek to Understand” speaks to the idea that so many conflicts between humans stem from a lack of communication of expectations/desires, and can…
It’s like love, but… fluffier. Fuzzier. Warmer. I originally wanted to call this school “Love Learning,” but that name got taken by some other business and I wasn’t willing to go with some weak-sauce spelling of the word like “Luv” Learning, because barf. Luff is objectively better, because it makes me think of cats and…