If It Matters to Kids, It Matters
When children feel loved, cared for, and valued, they are better able to process information and voice their opinions.
Aristotle had it right when he said, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Children are not small adults: They process things and interact with the world differently than grown-ups. What is a big deal in the eyes of a child doesn’t always resonate the same way with us as teachers. However, if something matters to a child, it matters. It’s important for teachers to weave in opportunities for children to share things that are important to them so they can feel safe, connected, and available to learn and process new information.
CREATING SPACE TO SHARE WHAT MATTERS
After a bomb threat was called in to a school where I used to teach, I knew that my students would need to process their feelings. When we returned to school the next day, we focused our morning meeting on the threat. I knew that this event would need to be processed; it was a scary and unnerving end of the day. When kids were given the chance to talk about an event that was on their minds, they were able to process what happened and move past it.
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