Children Think: A Podcast By bloom!

The Skittles Dilemma strikes at the heart of what we value in education. When a preschool teacher refuses to give candy rewards to a challenging student, despite pressure from colleagues, she sparks a profound conversation about what messages our classroom management techniques send to children. This episode examines a situation many educators face: a child exhibiting difficult behaviors (aggressi...

The moment perfectly illustrated our dilemma: a young child gently swinging in a fabric hammock suspended just a foot above the classroom floor, while the observing teacher wrestled with competing concerns – "What if the child falls and gets hurt?" versus "Doesn't this child need to explore and take risks?" This tension between safety and necessary risk-taking forms the he...

What happens when we let children decide when they're hungry? One teacher's question about student-directed snack time opens a fascinating exploration of how our classroom control systems might be impacting children's development in unexpected ways. Research reveals that eating self-regulation shares the same brain processes as cognitive self-regulation. This means that when childre...

Have you ever caught yourself saying "he's just like his father" or "she gets that from me"? That seemingly innocent comparison might be doing more harm than you realize.  Our conversation dives deep into the phenomenon of adult projection - how parents and teachers unconsciously assign their own personality traits, fears, and thinking patterns to children. This natural te...

Welcome to Children Think: A Podcast by bloom! This is a podcast about children for teachers. Hosted by bloom! Synergists. bloom! is an organization that helps teachers imbed child development into classrooms. Join us as we host conversations that will spark curiosity about the children in your classrooms. How do they think? What do they think? How does your thinking impact their thinking? What do...

Welcome! bloom! is an organization that helps teachers imbed child development into classrooms. Join us as we host conversations that will spark curiosity about the children in your classrooms. Our goal is to leave you with knowledge that will ultimately help create a learning community and meet children just where they are. We believe, when adults step back, children step up. 

Thank you for joining us today on our 2nd episode of children think. Often it is wondered…How is order established in a classroom? Is it the use of control? Or is there another way?   In this episode we are going to talk about our innate desire for order and the reasoning behind that desire. Then later in the episode we will hear from teachers about their experience with order, how they applied it...