As graduation time rolls around again, I am reminded of one of my favorite commencement speeches in which Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, pronounced that it is better to be kind than to be clever. It is well worth showing your students, particularly 4th grade and up. If you have younger students, you might want to … Read more
This is a reblog from a post that I did in November last year. Now that the school year is quickly nearing its close, I’ve started hearing parents discuss what they can do to make upcoming milestones special. Here is one idea you may want to consider. My daughter was about to “graduate” from elementary school … Read more
I’m feeling a bit sentimental with the Thanksgiving holiday this week, so I chose a different kind of product for today’s “Gifts for the Gifted” post. I actually wrote about this book back in August, but it was part of a larger article. I think it deserves its own entry. My daughter was about to … Read more
Last year, around this time, I posted about the Jeff Bezos (founder of Amazon) graduation speech that I planned to share with my gifted 5th graders. I did share it with them, and I intend to share it with my current 5th graders this week. They will go on to middle school next year, and … Read more