Everybody picks their nose. Adults are just more discreet than children. Reader and writer Amy Wall Lerman asked, “Where do boogers go after they’re flicked into the air?” Which leads me to conduct this survey. Maybe you don’t really want
Problem with rules is that you have to reinforce them. Discipline is a pain. Who has the time or energy for the tantrums that erupt when you put your foot down? The only reason I ever follow through with my parental
(Oh Bianca, you’re so fierce!)
One of the most amazing sounds—right up there with Beethoven’s compositions and thunder—is the rare hush in a kindergarten classroom of 25 sticky, fidgety bodies with a lot to say. How do teachers DO that: tame them into brief silence?? Sometimes the thoughts that emerge
