Something Special About Every Child

As you look at your class this year, I bet you can think of something special about every child. As I think of my class, this is what comes to mind:

1. Keen intellect
2. Sense of humor
3. Leadership skills
4. Warm and loving
5. Creative and sensitive
6. Attention to detail
7. Perseverance
8. Love of Learning
9. Writes with beautiful words
10. Helpful and humble
11. Inventive
12. Inquisitive researcher
13. Reverence for life and others
14. Socially conscious
15. Team player
16. Funny and creative
17. Problem solver
18. Kind and caring
19. Exuberant 
20. Tenacious learner
21. Empathetic designer
22. Joyful teacher of young children

As I think of classes to come, I realize that one key to teaching well is to identify and nurture students' wonderful attributes, interests, passions, and gifts.