FLOW

Isn't flow our dream? Didn't we all go to college and dream of our first teaching job, our first classroom being a big room full of flow? I know I did. And even through a job in a catholic school, and job in East Orange, (a stint while having kids) teaching Montessori, my goal was to create flow. We can bring flow into our rooms if we believe in the concept and are truly, truly driven. In the article "Reading dont fix no Chevys", the kids talk about what a great experience it is to be totally engaged. The children at the Key School have flow down. Kids saying it should be proof alone we need to step away from the chalkboard. I am not that naive, I know that we must stand up in the room sometimes and give a lesson but if we take a serious amount of time and determination to change our teaching style to have the children be responsible for the learning by putting the activities in their hands, we will create much flow. A skill is a skill.......it is the way we teach it that can bring boredom or flow.