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Donna Olson

@DonnaOlson49

Retired School Principal

Plymouth, MA Katılım Ekim 2012
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Help A Teacher@HelpATeacher·
Yup!
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Principal Project
Principal Project@PrincipalProj·
Each of these sentence starters can lead to new connections! Pass these to your math team, courtesy of leader @MrsBrooksPUSD.
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Donna Olson@DonnaOlson49·
Loved visiting my Wheelock, though such sad circumstances. Rest, dear Franklin. You are missed❤️
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Westwood Schools
Westwood Schools@westwood_ps·
Rising sixth grader Alex Kiami won first place in the InvestWrite Spring Essay Contest. Superintendent Piwowar and educators from Pine Hill surprised Alex at his door! Congratulations, Alex!
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Donna Olson@DonnaOlson49·
@MedGlax Remember these young ladies so well from their days at Wheelock! Congrats!
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Donna Olson@DonnaOlson49·
Love this.
Emily Paschall@EmilyAPaschall

Recently, I have been asked by several parents, “What do I need to do to prep my kid for kindergarten?” Typically, they anticipate my response to be centered around what they need to know academically, but I think there are skills more important than that. It isn’t about knowing all of their letters and sounds to be kindergarten ready. If they do, GREAT. They are ahead of the game. But the more important thing is that they learn social and independent skills that will help them be successful in the classroom. 🔺Help them learn to say their full name when someone asks them (not their nickname). 🔹Help them learn to ask for help. 🔺Help them learn how to speak to other people who are not family members. 🔹 Eat dinner together. At a table. With the tv off. ➡️ They will learn about table manners, how to stay in their seat an entire meal, develop vocabulary through conversation, and benefit from quality time. 🔺Help them learn how to compete a task and work all the way through until they complete it. 🔹Help them learn how to wait patiently. 🤪 Maybe they are waiting in line while friends go to the bathroom, or maybe someone is needing to talk to their teacher. Waiting is a hard thing for littles! 🔺 Read books every night. ➡️ Their world will be enlarged, they will develop new vocabulary, and they will benefit from quality time. 🔹 Help them learn to share. 🔺 Help them sharpen taking care of their basic needs by themselves - using the bathroom, washing their hands, blowing their nose. 🔹Tell them no. 🔺Teach them nursery rhymes. There is so much research behind this and how it supports brain development. 🔹Help them understand it is ok to make mistakes. 🔺Help them practice putting things in and taking things out of their backpack. Their teacher will thank you! 🤪 🔹Help them learn to follow two step directions. For example, “Take off your shoes and hang up your jacket.” 🔺Help them learn to sit and wait without having to be entertained. Can they sit and wait without having to be handed a device? There is so much more than academics that goes into helping a kid be “kindergarten ready”. Social and independent skills are life skills! If you aren’t practicing some of these things regularly, give yourself some grace. And if your child is older than KG age and cannot do some of these things yet, it isn’t too late! I am still working on these in my home too! We are about 5 weeks away from the start of school. The more they are able to do independently, the more successful they will be! Giving kids the opportunity to develop their emotions, compassion, and social skills is one of the greatest gifts we can give kids to prepare them for this thing called “life”. Let’s go!

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Jeffrey Marsden
Jeffrey Marsden@JeffreyJMarsden·
Great send off for our athletes this AM before heading over to the @SpOlympicsMA event in Millis. Thanks to the Millis Public Schools for hosting and for the Medfield students, staff, and families that participated. #medfieldps
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Really engaging! Great presentation today at Medfield’s DLD!
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Help A Teacher@HelpATeacher·
Great advice! 🐛
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Westwood Schools
Westwood Schools@westwood_ps·
Members of the community are invited to come say farewell to the Hanlon School. See the graphic for more information.
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Donna Olson@DonnaOlson49·
Excited to spend the rest of the school year in a gorgeous new school. Moving in! Amazing!
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Shannon McClintock Miller
Shannon McClintock Miller@shannonmmiller·
Friends, celebrate Digital Learning Day 2024 with this collection of 14 interactive and exciting digital learning experience choice boards. 🎉🎉🎉 Digital Storytelling, VR, Pixel Art, Coding and more. You will find a link to the choice boards and a link to edit your own in this post.😊 They are the perfect way to celebrate Digital Learning Day with your school community too. ❤️ buff.ly/3S5yCRo #DLDay #futureready #futurereadylibs #edchat #edtech #ISTELib #FETC #STEM #STEAM #CS
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