Praise is essential in developing the right attitude toward learning and toward school.
Marva CollinsAn error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong.
Marva CollinsYou can't find me 20 children in Chicago, I don't care which section you go in - you can be on Michigan Avenue or here - and they won't be able to tell you that y is a vowel when it's the final syllable in a word, as in Nancy and icy. And no one bothers to teach the rules anymore - "i before e except after c."
Marva Collins