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Make Kindness The Norm

The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation marks out the week surrounding Feb 17th to create a greater awareness of the value and importance of kindness in the world. The theme this year is “Make Kindness the Norm.” It challenges us

Monica Cochran February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Perhaps instead of looking at what’s missing in our children’s learning, we need to look for the learning occurring.

How was the experience of observing your own learning?  As we reflect on our days, weeks, and years, we become the history of the important things we learn and recall. So it is for kids, too.  Perhaps instead of looking

Monica Cochran September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Education, Strengths No Comments Read more

Behind in learning??

With so much focus on learning loss and the meme that kids are “so behind in learning” in the news, teachers, parents, and caregivers are becoming increasingly worried and frantic about how to help the learners “catch up.” However, I’m

Monica Cochran August 23, 2021September 13, 2021 Education No Comments Read more

3rd Grade Daze

Have you taken a moment to observe children under the age of five recently? What do you notice?  I had the privilege of meeting with a family via Zoom last week. They were showing me their chickens and newly built chicken

Monica Cochran July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Education, Environment No Comments Read more

How do I get my kids to…

I have received calls, texts, and emails from parents throughout the pandemic, asking me if I can help get their child to do their math, or reading, or “school work” in general. There seems to be an assumption that if

Monica Cochran June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Education No Comments Read more

How will my child learn if nobody teaches her?

Many years ago, I worked with a family as they made the paradigm shift from the parents’ experience with traditional teacher-led learning to a more child-led approach. They were having difficulty understanding how their children would learn if there was

Monica Cochran April 30, 2021May 1, 2021 Education, Learning Resources No Comments Read more

#MoreThanMyBrainInjury

Brain injury awareness month brings up so many thoughts and feelings for me. According to the Brain Injury Association (BIA), someone sustains a brain injury every 9 seconds in the United States. In an instant, their lives and the lives

Monica Cochran March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 Brain Injury Awareness, Education, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

“It’s not enough for me to write. I have to do right as well.”

I so appreciated the inaugural events today. I was especially impressed with Amanda Gorman’s poem. She spoke with such strength and poise! Who would have guessed that, as a child, she had auditory processing and articulation challenges that made it

Monica Cochran February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Strengths, Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Please Pass the Gravy and the Rest of the Story, too!

As we prepare to celebrate a 2020 version of Thanksgiving this week in the United States, I’ve been reflecting on an article that a colleague forwarded to me a few weeks ago, titled Decolonizing Thanksgiving Is An Oxymoron – Kids Books

Monica Cochran November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Why is agency so important?

People often ask, why is agency so important in authentic learning? In traditional school environments, we hear learners lament that “this is too hard, just tell me what to do,” and challenging learning is frequently avoided. However, learning can be

Monica Cochran October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Environment No Comments Read more
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