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The Latin root is disciplina which encompasses education, training and order. Unfortunately I was wrong. Academia needs to either reclaim the obsolete use of the word discipline or jettison it altogether in the lower grades. I cannot see a scenario where second grade teachers would need to punish children for academic infractions in order to have them learn.
Developmentally 7 year olds are wiggly creatures who are only just beginning to really organize their thoughts. They are boastful and self centered and if you criticize them they have a tendency to shut down.
Seven year old children need to be gifted with opportunities to succeed in the classroom so that they may continue to love school and learning. On my Facebook timeline I see two mothers with second grade children who are constantly missing recess due to missing homework or being made to run laps. Entire books have been written on the subject and we would be wise to pay attention to academics like Afie Kohn who remind us that there is no evidence that homework has any academic benefit in elementary or middle school.
Writing Lines (as punishment) — School Discipline, circa ss I will follow the rules. I will follow the rules. I will follow the rules. Individual Counseling Activities for Elementary School Counseling. Find this Pin and more on Writing punishment by Darla Agent. When your child makes a mistake, it's a good opportunity to grow and learn. Children Writing Sentences for Punishment By Erica Loop ; Updated September 26, On the other hand, older grade-school-aged kids can easily write a few sentences or a paragraph, while middle and high schoolers can craft their own essays. Consequences and Praise.
This means homework will be piled on as early as Pre-K. My son had Pre-K homework and absolutely loved it. My son is the child that American schools were designed for, he is a lucky boy. Homework robs children of valuable daylight hours where they can play and learn from experience rather than from books.
Here we are in a situation where a seven year old child has homework.
In addition to bringing home and then completing said homework the child is then supposed to get it into their backpack, bring it to school and deliver it to the teacher.
My 15 year old sometimes has difficulty with that. Some teachers withhold recess. Other teachers make the children run laps.
If you are a parent who has a child who is being punished with exercise, punishment can include being forced to exercise or the witholding of exercise, there is an important document you should print out and present to your head of school or board of education.
It includes statements such as: AND Examples of the inappropriate use of physical activity include: State boards of education in Hawaii and California prohibit withholding physical activity or using it as punishment.
Some of this is easier if you live in Hawaii or California because our states mandate that our children are given time to move their bodies. Here is a database maintained by the National Association of State Boards of Education which may help you find information about your home state.
And yes, I love that place, and no, you cannot know where it is.Hi, Miriam! I like the way you phrased that, and agree that practice is often more effective than punishment with discipline issues, as well.
Most kids truly want to please the teacher, have friends in the classroom, and experience success in school. Right you getting lines to write as a punishment exercise!!!!!
Did you have those words or very similar words said to you at school did you spend your free time after school copying lines out come relive those memories in this group stories photos and other details are all welcome.
benjaminpohle.com, its affiliates and syndicates have been granted non-exclusive rights to display this work. Corporal punishment in schools is illegal in 29 states (Dupper & Dingus, ) and is defined as “physical pain inflicted on the body of a child as a penalty for disapproved behavior” (National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in School.
Baugh also ordered Ferguson, Bart Simpson-style, to write "boys do not hit girls" 5, times. Ferguson must mail Baugh what must be the most repetitive letter of all time by May School discipline is the actions taken by a teacher or the school organization towards a student (or group of students) when the student's behavior disrupts the ongoing educational activity or breaks a rule created by the teacher or the school system.
Discipline can guide the children's behaviour or set limits to help them learn to take care of themselves, other people and the world around them.