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		<title>5 Ways a School can handle a Calamity.. and L.A.R.O.!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the calm after the storm. The Philippines has been ravaged by Storm Ondoy/Ketsana and Storm Pepeng/Parma. Statistics show that rainfall during the 2 storms even surpassed Hurrican Katrina. Over 500,000 people are affected and/or displaced from their homes.
How should Schools handle a Calamity like this?
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		<title>The Pressures of going to Preschool</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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My youngest sister didn&#8217;t attend preschool. She was the youngest of 5 kids and my parents were, honestly, just too tired and old(er) to send her. So after 1 year (actually, I think it was only 1 semester) in the mandatory prep level, she entered the U.P. Integrated School for 1st grade. She totally enjoyed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teachertinasblog.wordpress.com&blog=4129240&post=300&subd=teachertinasblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Routines of the Progressive Preschool Class: Activity Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activity Time usually follows the first Circle Time. It is the climax of the temporal environment.
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		<title>And the winner is..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 09:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tanya! Congratulations on your new Moleskine Notebook!

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		<title>Teaching children R-E-S-P-E-C-T .. and a contest!</title>
		<link>http://teachertinasblog.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/how-do-you-teach-your-child-r-e-s-p-e-c-t/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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I am again the guest of Sonshine Radio DZAR 1026 AM on Thursday, August 20, from 10-11 am. The topic is Teaching Children Respect. Can you help me out?
Cite an incident wherein you were able to teach your child or student how to respect

possession (i.e. preschoolers grabbing each other things)
territory (i.e. personal space, bullying)
identity (i.e. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teachertinasblog.wordpress.com&blog=4129240&post=273&subd=teachertinasblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons every Filipino child should be able to speak Filipino</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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I came across this article in Yahoo this morning that prompted me to write a new post after a month of managing the overwhelming response to this blog. Thanks to all the readers who have sent comments, e-mail messages and phone calls in support of this blog&#8217;s advocacy.
Last year, the school had a parent seminar [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teachertinasblog.wordpress.com&blog=4129240&post=260&subd=teachertinasblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children Full of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To make up for my absence, I&#8217;m posting this inspirational documentary about a 4th grade class in Japan. It focuses on their Notebook Letters where they can freely write about anything that they can share to the class. It moved me because I know that in Japan, schools are mostly very traditional however, this teacher [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teachertinasblog.wordpress.com&blog=4129240&post=262&subd=teachertinasblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A break from your regularly featured programming..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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I was invited to be a resource person by Sonshine Radio DZAR 1026 AM on the topic &#8220;How to choose the right television shows for children&#8221; on Tuesday, June 23 at 10-11 am. I was invited as a Family Life and Child Development Specialist, I guess. But I also wanted to invite the parents and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teachertinasblog.wordpress.com&blog=4129240&post=254&subd=teachertinasblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 11:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
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I was browsing through Alfie Kohn&#8217;s article about Progressive Education and revisited the concept of Active Learning vs. Memorization. Read this conversation that he cited in his article. Check out the highlighted last paragraph.
&#8220;A friend of mine, who is a teacher-educator, had a   daughter in fifth grade at the time of this story. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=teachertinasblog.wordpress.com&blog=4129240&post=251&subd=teachertinasblog&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reader&#8217;s Gift: Dewey&#8217;s take on Progressive Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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I was reading the thesis of a friend and a regular reader of this blog, Teacher Tanya, and she reminded me of the essence of progressive education by stating John Dewey&#8217;s Pedagogic Creed. Dewey is the Father of Progressive Education. He states the following points:
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