“I don’t have to attend every argument I’m invited to.” – Author Unknown

Here’s a site that you can find character quotes to use in your classroom. www.quoteland.com “Practice makes perfect is a misnomer! There is no perfect so why practice on something that doesn’t exist?” – Gene Bedley “Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.” – Thomas… Read more »

Without Questions There would be no what’s or where’s Without Questions We wouldn’t really care Without Questions We would never ask or seek Without Questions Our faith would be really weak Without Questions We would live from day to day Without Questions We would never find the way Without Questions We would live and let… Read more »

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now much possibility lay before you and how fabulous… Read more »

Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle. – Orlando A. Battista

Eric Graham knows all too well that when kids go online for the first time, the freedom of the cyberworld can seem intoxicating. When he got on the Net four years ago, “it was the first time I was given complete power over something – I could do whatever I wanted, and there was no… Read more »

When I arrived to collect my 7-year-old from her after-school program the other day, many youngsters were gathered on the playing field to admire a fabulous rainbow arching across the sky. After a while, the rainbow faded. The children and the after-school teachers turned around and returned to their regularly scheduled activities. In a similar… Read more »

Education is not just getting a degree to have the chance to do something, but also to have the chance to be someone. – Thalia Arawi

One of the most successful ways to introduce problem solving to young children is through introducing the problem through an animal story. I like to use Winnie the Pooh since he has such wisdom about how to help all the animals in the Hundred Acre Woods. You can start the story with, “A little deer… Read more »

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. – Henry Ford