I came across this set of articles today, and thought it was too important not to share. Sometimes we forget that a building will stand better if we give the supporting columns a little space! This becomes especially true at Fourth Grade when children’s levels of abstraction let them step back away from themselves and ask, “What’s My Plan?” “How’d It Work?” “What Would I Change?”
But if parents continue to do that for the child, this internal loop has crosstalk that makes it hard to hear. Most parents will know when to flip their help from “directive” to “reflective”; it will be different for every youngster. Is this the year to begin handing it over?