I finished reading Teaching with Love and Logic today.
One thing that I really took from the last part is the importance of a cool down time and not needing to enforce consequences immediately in all cases. I think back to times when I have been angry and in the heat of the moment. Those are not my best times. I often say things I don't mean and I'm not thinking clearly. If only in those cases I had taken a moment to step back and addressed the problem an hour later or the next day, I would have been able to think through it and come up with a better solution. The same is true for our kids. If it is something that can wait, then it is important to give them their thinking time. The book talks about just making an appointment with the kid at that time.
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Those who believe it cannot be done need to get out of the way of those who are doing it.
The observations and reflections of a Spanish teacher in a very small school district teaching Spanish to grades 6 through 12.
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I learned everything I know about classroom management from Love and Logic! It's a great system.
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