Hebrew Materials

MOM: I have been a teacher for 10 years. I spent 2 years out of the classroom doing curriculum planning and other administrative work. I loved working with adults and I appreciated the creative work but I missed working with students. For most of these years I taught student's with mild to moderate disabilities but some of these years were spent in a typical developing classroom............................................................. KID: My experience is mostly life experience- which is a total of 9 years! I grew up watching my mom closely. I learned how to break up skills to help different learners to understand the skill using their strengths. I am academically gifted and it used to be hard for me to understand different type of learners. Now, not only do I understand, I celebrate the different learning styles and appreciate the diversity in humans. I have also observed my mom in action many times when I got to visit her classrooms.

Mom: My teaching style starts with forming a strong emotional bond with the students. This bond is built on trust, love and directness (Truthfulness). I firmly believe that humans cannot learn under pressure, or fear. They also struggle to learn with low confidence. Since I want my students to perform at their absolute best I try my hardest to eliminate feelings of fear, pressure or self doubt. I teach rather intuitively and it has it's pros and cons. The hardest part of intuitive teaching is not quite being able to explain my methods very well. I often have teachers or student teachers observe me rather than question me on my methodologies. The good part is that I combine my favorite techniques from various programs and adjust to each student as needed. This eliminates any rigidity and best of all, I feel creative and driven at any given moment in the classroom.......................................................................................... KID: When I get the opportunity to teach, I like to ask them how they learn best. I want them to know that learning should be fun and shouldn't be hard or even worse- impossible. Like my mother, I also like to stay away from set techniques so I can adjust based on a student's needs.

MOM: Graduated with 4.0 GPA Teacher of the Year award. Excellence in Differentiation Award ...................................................... ................ KID: I am an A students. I study Reading, Math and Writing at a fifth grade level which is two years ahead of my third grade class. I've won a statewide (Ish) poetry contest.

I received my BA in psychology. I went for a Masters in Childhood and Special Ed. Childhood. I Have Bilingual certification.

My daughter and I are just starting out. We are having fun exploring the TPT family. We are also enjoying the process of learning about other educator and other ways to educate.