Teach Kids What Matters

Are we making a connection with our kids? Are we teaching so they understand? Or are we just teaching, and HOPE they understand? I think there is a big difference! You need to be communicating clearly and with impact with your kids.

There are many approaches to teaching. Some teachers figure that kids don't have the comprehension of adults, so they don't give them much to comprehend. They leave out the hard stuff. Some teachers think that all facts are equal, and teach them in the same way that one would teach college student.

I don't think either of these teaching styles is right. I believe kids can understand many deep concepts if they are taught in a way that will help them understand. I also believe that you can lose them in the dust, galloping down the road of education.

I presented a workshop called 10 Tools for Teaching the Important Things to Kids to teachers at a teachers' convention a while ago. I am itemizing the ten tools here. Here are the 10 top tools for teaching just...