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Blogs: Bonnie Bracey Sutton

A Recipe for Success: Kids, Dirt, and Gardening

By Bonnie Bracey Sutton
6/15/07

On warm spring days, instead of leaving their hearts and minds in the classroom, my students often turned to the outdoors.

Question-Mark Children: Sometimes the Quiet Ones Are the Ones Who Speak the Loudest

By Bonnie Bracey Sutton
5/21/07

Have there been question-mark children in your teaching life? Certain children have puzzled me. Sometimes they wouldn’t talk; sometimes they would ask questions that were difficult to answer. As I became more experienced as a listener, I realized that these questions were circling around things that were bothering the child, and that they were looking for answers from me.

The Importance of Social and Emotional Learning: How You Can Implement it In Your School

By Bonnie Bracey Sutton
4/24/07

Like everyone, I was shaken by the massacre last week at Virginia Tech. It is clear that the shooter had severe emotional and mental problems that could have been addressed much earlier.

Misunderstandings About Reading and Media: A Closer Look

By Bonnie Bracey Sutton
4/19/07

I try to ignore those who don’t believe children should use technology in schools by remembering what it is like to listen to one voice all day, no matter how interesting the person.

A Learning Lab on Wheels: Science Is on a Roll

By Bonnie Bracey Sutton
4/19/07

Imagine a high tech, state-of-the-art science lab on wheels, one that provides teachers with tools for coordinating school programs and projects and allows them to share with kids the fun and mystery of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).