How to Talk So Kids Can Learn - Reading Together - Praise That Doesn’t Demean, Criticism That Doesn’t Wound

HELPFUL PRAISE/CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSES
At Home and in School

Instead of evaluating, you can:

1. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE OR HEAR.
"You caught the ‘chug-a-chug’ rhythm of a train and you found a way to rhyme ‘track’ with ‘clickity clack.’"

2. DESCRIBE WHAT YOU FEEL.
"It makes me feel as if I’m sitting inside a railroad car speeding through the countryside."

Instead of criticizing, you can:

3. POINT OUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
"All this poem needs now is the correct spelling of the words ‘caboose’ and ‘freight’ and it’s ready for the bulletin board."

(locations 1799-1812, Kindle Edition)

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