Article Community Building

Don’t Force Vulnerability

Author

Ruth Ayres

Member Login Print Version

Content Preview

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen. Brené Brown I found myself among a group of moms who were complaining about their kids’ homework assignments. I...

Membership Required

The rest of this content is restricted to Choice Literacy members.

Join us today for instant access and member-only features:

Articles

Get full access to all Choice Literacy article content

Videos

Get full access to all Choice Literacy video content

Product Discounts

Receive members-only product discounts for online courses, DVDs, books and more

Membership Options

Author

Ruth Ayres

Ruth Ayres is the editor in chief of the Choice Literacy site and director of The Lead Learners Consortium in northern Indiana. Ruth’s background includes work as a middle and high school language arts and science teacher, and as a K-12 instructional coach, and writing books, articles, and lots of blog posts. She has written Enticing Hard-to-Reach Writers (Stenhouse, 2017) and other books. When not writing professionally, Ruth collects stories of adoption, faith, and whimsy. You can follow her at Ruth Ayres Writes or @ruth_ayres on Twitter or Instagram.

Article

Character Through Literature Early in the Year

Katherine Sokolowski

Katherine Sokolowski finds that the beginning of the year is the best time to build community with a unit on character and morals through literature.

Article

Why I Stopped Asking, “Where’s Your Pencil?”

Ruth Ayres

Ruth Ayres finds the brain research is grim when it comes to the needs of neglected children, but there is still much that teachers can do to support healthy growth in students from challenging home environments.

Article

A Hand to Hold: Crying and Community in Preschool

Kelly Petrin

Sometimes it takes a village to help a preschooler feel a part of the group, especially one who cries almost all the time. Kelly Petrin finds her young students have more empathy and resiliency than she imagined when she enlists their support.

Choose the area of the site you want to search:

Don’t Force Vulnerability

Ruth Ayres

Membership Required

Articles

Videos

Product Discounts

Ruth Ayres

Related Articles

Character Through Literature Early in the Year

Why I Stopped Asking, “Where’s Your Pencil?”

A Hand to Hold: Crying and Community in Preschool

About

Contact

Subscribe

Don’t Force Vulnerability

Ruth Ayres

Membership Required

Articles

Videos

Product Discounts

Ruth Ayres

Related Articles

Character Through Literature Early in the Year

Why I Stopped Asking, “Where’s Your Pencil?”

A Hand to Hold: Crying and Community in Preschool

About

Contact

Subscribe

Login

Search