Lilian Katz famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Young children are unlikely to have their self-esteem strengthened from excessive praise or flattery. On the contrary, it may raise some doubts in children; many children can see through flattery and may even dismiss an adult who heaps on praise as a poor source of support-one who is not very believable.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Self Esteem #Support
Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that the welfare of our children and grandchildren is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people's children. After all, when one of our children needs lifesaving surgery, someone else's child will perform it. If one of our children is threatened or harmed by violence, someone else's child will be responsible for the violent act. The good life for our own children can be secured only if a good life is also secured for all other people's children.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Good Life #People
When a teacher tries to teach something to the entire class at the same time, chances are, one-third of the kids already know it; one-third will get it; and the remaining third wonâ€™t.Â So two-thirds of the children are wasting their time.
-- Lilian Katz

#Teacher #Children #Kids
Experts generally agree that taking all opportunities to read books and other material aloud to children is the best preparation for their learning to read. The pleasures of being read to are far more likely to strengthen a child's desire to learn to read than are repetitions of sounds, alphabet drills, and deciphering uninteresting words.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Book #Opportunity
As you consider whether to move a child into formal academic training, remember that we want our children to do more than just learn how to read and write; we want them to learn in such a way that they become lifelong readers and writers. If we push our children to start learning these skills too far ahead of their own spontaneous interest and their capacity, we may sacrifice the long-range goal of having them enjoy such pursuits.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Moving #Writing
Curriculum should help children make deeper and fuller understanding of their own experience
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Understanding #Curriculum
We are doing earlier and earlier to children what we shouldn't do later.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children
Provide lots of opportunities for children's natural curiosity to manifest itself. With very young children, our role is one of supporter and guide.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Opportunity #Curiosity
Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role.
-- Lilian Katz

#Meaningful #Children #Skills
All children, are born with the disposition to make sense of their experiences.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Born #Disposition
When children are truly involved in the scientific process they gain understanding, knowledge, and life skills. They deepen their awareness of what's going on around them and how others contribute to their well-being.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Skills #Understanding Knowledge
Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood's long road to mastery are the real foundations of lasting self-esteem.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Real #Self Esteem
In cooperative learning, you have a purposeful, meaningful, and authentic context in which children can sharpen their communicative skills.
-- Lilian Katz

#Meaningful #Children #Skills
Children involved in project work are encouraged to serve the group needs and share responsibility for what's accomplished.
-- Lilian Katz

#Children #Responsibility #Groups
Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasisshould be place on appreciation--reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts.
-- Lilian Katz

#Appreciation #Children #Effort
In both cooperative learning and project work, the teacher encourages children to talk to one another. This helps them pay attention to each other's efforts and ideas. Children take to these kinds of exchanges very readily, but the teacher really needs to encourage this interaction.
-- Lilian Katz

#Teacher #Children #Ideas
Science is a particular way of thinking about things.
-- Lilian Katz

#Thinking #Way Of Thinking #Way

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