{"id":1459,"date":"2018-01-14T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2017-11-16T17:44:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T17:44:44","slug":"why-kids-checkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2018\/01\/14\/why-kids-checkout\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kids Checkout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1487\" src=\"http:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/distractedstudent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/distractedstudent.jpg 500w, https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/distractedstudent-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Why do any of us checkout?\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;re distracted, thinking about something that is more important to us at that moment.<\/p>\n<p>With kids, they may also be tired, not interested in what we&#8217;re talking about, or have a problem on their mind. Since we can&#8217;t peak inside their brains and even if we could, they might not know or be able to share what&#8217;s bothering them. The good news&#8230;we can take steps to attempt to engage them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actions speak louder than words. Select hands-on activities that have a high interest for the students, activities that engage and interest them.<\/li>\n<li>Keep discussions and directions to a minimum so they can start to <em>do<\/em> things more quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Shift responsibility to the students. Participation will help keep them checked in longer.<\/li>\n<li>Provide opportunities for them to lead conversations and discussions. Seek their input on how well the activity helped them understand the task. That buy-in is key to keeping them checked-in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do any of us checkout?\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;re distracted, thinking about something that is more important to us at that moment. With kids, they may also be tired, not interested in what we&#8217;re talking about, or have a problem on their mind. Since we can&#8217;t peak inside their brains and even if we could, they might\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/2018\/01\/14\/why-kids-checkout\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[300,21,32,24,16,291],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brain-based-learning","category-family","category-general-thoughts","category-ideas-websites","category-teacher-tips","category-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1488,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1459\/revisions\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}