Relationships When it comes to relationships, either platonic or romantic there are certain birth orders that tend to get along best with each other: First borns are best matched with last borns Middle children are pretty adaptable, but tend to do best with either youngest or oldest children The youngest children typically do best with [...]
The Family Baby These children tend to be straight forward and uncomplicated. After all, they are the cute babies of their families, and all they have to do is remind you of that to get their way! They tend to have great senses of humor, as they love to entertain and be the center of [...]
Middle Children There is a wide spectrum of middle children. In a family of three children, there is just one middle child; however in a family of five, there are three. As a result, there are two distinct types of middle children. The calm, even-tempered types tend to be on the older end of the [...]
First Borns For the first part of their lives these people are only children, and as a result this birth order looks very similar to only children roles. Everything with these children are brand new for their parents, it’s a great ordeal, “My baby just said, ‘Mamma’ for the first time!” In fact, recent studies [...]
By year’s end each TBDC teacher will receive at least twenty hours of conferences, workshops, and other enriching activities. One of the ways the school makes this much more accessible is by hosting monthly lunchtime sessions. Yesterday we explored birth order and how it effects our personalities as students in a classroom, as teachers, and [...]
As I give tours to potential families, I always talk about our curriculum and how we teach all the academic areas to our students. When I mention that we teach science to our students, I tend to get some very strange looks, until I begin to explain how we teach science and why. So let’s [...]
Unfortunately many children in our society have fewer opportunities to experience nature firsthand; initiatives such as No Child Left Inside and folks such as Richard Louv are working tirelessly to rectify this issue. Our teaching team loves bringing nature into the learning process in their classes, and modeling their appreciation for nature to their students. [...]
I began my career as a Teach for America Corps Member. I was hired by a public school in New York City to teach special needs kindergarteners, most of whom had language delays. Many of my students came to class without much idea of what “school” was about. The few who had been part of [...]
This week’s announcement from Fisher-Price got me thinking about children’s toys, and what qualities “good” ones ought to have. Outside of the obvious things (think: lead-free, no choking hazards, no sharp edges), picking out toys for children can be complicated. When it all comes down to it, toys have two important components to them: -They [...]
Wednesday blog posts will feature an in-depth update of a lesson in one of our classrooms. Where better to start than with our little ones in the Infant Class? This afternoon in their group time the students played with and explored a variety of blocks. Members of the teaching team were looking for two important [...]