 | Episode Two of the Teaching, Simplified podcast is now available. In this episode, I encourage educators to consider including explicit instruction in the art of shaking hands and greeting other people. I have discovered that the proper greeting is integral to giving students more self confidence. Later in the episode, I share a little account of how this works in my classroom. No longer do they wait for adult visitors to greet them; instead, my students engage the adults - administrators, visiting parents, and others - by offering each adult a seat and inviting them to observe what they are doing. This all comes with lots of rehearsal, but it has become the key to some of our success. Every student, thus far, has been able to succeed at the handshake. |
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