Mentor Transcript: Infant Community (Toileting, cont. ) Transcript Date: January 23, 2013

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Mentor Transcript: Primary (Relationship with Assistant, Challenging Child) Transcript Date: January 23, 2013

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Mentor Transcript: Elementary (Research Writing cont., How Many Lessons, Idle Children) Transcript Date: January 23, 2103

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Mentor Transcript: Infant Community (Starting a New Class) Transcript Date: January 17, 2013

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Mentor Transcript: Primary (Younger Children in the Afternoon, Assistant Hiring and Training) Transcript Date: January 17, 2013

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Mentor Transcript: Elementary (Follow up Work, Work/Learning Journals, Use of Other Journals) Transcript Date: January 17, 2013

This transcript has well considered thoughts from AMI trainer, Greg MacDonald about weekly meeting and work journals.

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Sacred Second

Great article to inspire us through the occasional doldrums that mark even the best teaching careers. Primary teacher and author, Jennifer Rogers, exquisitely and uncannily captures our thoughts and reflections. Thanks to her for sharing it with us.

Sit beside a grandma with a hot drink, time, and a few good questions.  Ask her to talk about her grown children, what they were like at different ages, how they struggled, when they were frightened, confident, lost, successful.   Ask her what she loves about one of her children, and what drives her crazy.  Remembering will bring her great joy, even when the memory is sad...

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Transition From Infant Community to Primary

AMI A to I trainer, Judi Orion, wrote an article about the signs of readiness for the transition from  Infant Community to Primary. A great resource for teachers and schools.

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