Why do art teachurs tell lil kidz that they shudn't color outside the linez in colering books?
830413
Ummm I'm sure they want kids to be creative but also neat. Like you can be creative and still color inside the lines...Most little kids don't color inside the lines anyway =P
280759
teachers are fu  ck tards sometimes .. isssuesssssssssss
31062
It is important for kids to know what the world is really like and to know that there are racist people out there. They have to learn to deal with it and possibly try to change it. The schools can only do so much. They can tell them to not say it and thats about it. It really comes down to the parents.
545314
not lieing.  They can teach kids not to lie.
720738
They wont be published until he stops eating the crayons the health department says\n\nThe books are being reprinted so the lines can be made bigger, this will stop Bush getting upset when he colours over the lines
565914
Well it depends. If you are doing a reading group have the kids read the story with the pictures. Or an activity like have them finger paint or something like that just keep it fun!!!!!!!
188464
How about using some great art-related picture books, like the Last Resort, by J. Patrick Lewis, or Action Jackson, by Jan Greenberg?  What exactly do you mean by teaching reading, anyhow?
135697
Make them build a model (straight lines and trasversal on differently coloured cartoons, then cut along the lines to get different pieces like a sort of "tangram", then re-build shuffling the colours to put in evidence the different pieces): they'll manipulate pieces being able to juxtapose them to get supplementary angles, or to verify they're congruent by putting one upon another.\n\nMake the same thing with non-parallel lines and let them verify that rules don't work anymore.\n\n(that's just a rough suggestion: you'll certainly make it better)
993759
Preschoolers shouldn't be taking lessons in drawing. They are too young. Right now they should be developing their fine motor skills and creativity through exploration of materials. Give your child lots of different projects (not crafts, however - process art). And, don't worry about the outcome. If your child's artwork comes out representational, great - of your child's artwork comes out looking like paint splattered on paper, just as great. Children need to be allowed to create for themselves and not be told what to do, draw, paint, etc...
708590
You are correct.  Children are incredibly astute and resilient, it is the parents who are rigid and unbending.  Children don't hate, they are taught.  Allow me to point out that during the civil rights movement in the 60's many a parent was aghast at the idea of books showing interracial couples.  Children at that time would have black friends until they were told it was wrong and then a new racist would be created.  It's the same here, homophobes are created from innocent children because their parents can't accept someone different.  Add to that, that children don't care about two male penguins, they just like the story.  One wonders who is more immature to handle it.
842182
Perhaps she is just a person who likes the curtains closed and while she's in there, it's HER classroom and she's in charge.  Also maybe she doesn't want the students looking off outside and daydreaming or being distracted while she's teaching?  Dunno for sure though.
992643
I agree, just let the kids be friends and they will decide whether to be friends.  Don't even take an offense to that, which that really makes me mad when people are so prejudice with color, or differences, but it is really about the kids.  I don't understand why if I am white and you are a different race why that would make either of us better than one another.  Just know that you are a good person and don't listen to prejudice people because I think that them acting like that they just have a lot of things they are happy with in their life so they have to judge other people out their own stupidity of not getting to know a person just because they might be different than them.  Just surround yourself with people that are nonjudgemental good people!!!!!!!!!  God bless you and keep your head up, you are just as good as any person next to you!
196718
You need to have one wall different and brighter than the others.  Its a psycology trick used in almost every school classroom.
538981
I have always tried to teach my children to finish what they start. Whether it was a good decision or bad, they must finish it out completely. Can't quit just because they don't like what it is about once they got started.\n\nSame deal here. We need to finish what we started. Good or bad, doesn't matter.
487350
It is all in the heart. I feel people who concentrate on color...ought to throw their crayons away..I am Native American...I want to be appreciated for me not my color. \nGod made us all VERY SPECIAL.
322608
hey, i am a junior primary teacher and they told us about that when i was studying at uni. I don't use red pens and i don't use crosses when a child gets an answer wrong. I put a dot instead or write an encouraging comment. Not because I think it causes stress but because I think it is more likely to encourage them to try harder or pay more attention to their work. Kids are so eager to see what teachers have written when their work is handed back and i think that you need to make the marks as positive as possible, even if there really isn't anything positive about the kids work!!! Especially with the children who really struggle with their work, if they try their hardest on something and then get it back with big red crosses all over it they just put it in the bin and give up!! I think highschool kids should be able to deal with the dreaded red pen though!! You sure as hell get used to the dreaded red pen when you get to university that is for sure!!!! And that causes a hell of a lot of stress then!!! ;o)
592408
These are scams trying to get money out of parents. They get lists of honor role students, etc. and publish them. Then they try to get the parents to buy the book. Ignore it but tell your child you're very proud of him or her.