Sunday, June 29, 2008

Some Opening Thoughts

  • To help our children succeed in life and academic learning, we should teach them social and emotional skills with the same intensity that we teach reading and math. -- Tricia S. Jones.
  • "Just as books require white space, so do children. That is, they need room to grow." --Arnold, Johann Christoph. Endangered: Your Child in a Hostile World, 2000.
  • Social and emotional abilities were FOUR times more important than IQ in determining professional success and presitge. --Tricia S. Jones.
  • "These are our children, and we must teach them in ways that will give them a realistic chance of successfully managing the challenges of learning, growing, and developing." -- Promoting Social and Emotional Learning, 1997.

Please voice your comments, questions, and thoughts.