Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw
191 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLifetime educator, Dr. Mindy Shaw, maintained a philosophy in her classroom of 4 to 8 year olds to "teach humanity daily" in addition to the more traditional skill sets of reading, writing and math. Now, in an era of remote and hybrid learning, the notion of teaching humanity is somewhat threatened. She has created a series of e-books and paperbacks so that parents can have the tools they need for also teaching social and emotional skills, and in this series, Dr. Shaw discusses what it means to teach humanity both in general and in an era of learning via computer.
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Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 40
June 22, 2021 03:51 - 13 minutes - 12.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw examines the next item to come up in the Q&A section of her recent parenting book, and this time it is the 9th question in that Q&A. The book is called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN, and in recent weeks, she has been reviewing the closing section of that book which is a list of the "ten most frequently asked questions" from parents and educators. The answers to those common questions serve to illustrate pra...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 39
June 15, 2021 04:23 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw examines the next item to come up in the Q&A section of her recent parenting book called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN. In recent weeks, she has been reviewing her valuable list of the "ten most frequently asked questions" which came from parents and educators who are fans of her podcast. Those questions, plus one 11th bonus question, make up the closing section of her parenting guide, and that Q&A section...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 38
June 08, 2021 05:35 - 7 minutes - 6.96 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw examines the next item to come up in the Q&A section of her recent parenting book called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN. In recent weeks, she has been reviewing her valuable list of the "ten most frequently asked questions" which came from parents and educators who are fans of her podcast. Those questions, plus one 11th bonus question, make up the closing section of her parenting guide, and that Q&A section...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 37
June 01, 2021 05:05 - 10 minutes - 9.39 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw examines the next item to come up in the Q&A section of her recent parenting book called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN. If you are new to this series, Dr. Shaw has been going through the "ten most frequently asked questions" from parents who are fans of her podcast. Those questions, plus one 11th bonus question, make up the closing section of her parenting guide, and that Q&A section offers some very pract...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 36
May 25, 2021 04:39 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues to review the Q&A section of her recent parenting book called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN. However, before she gets to the section of the book being recapped on this podcast episode, Dr. Shaw openly reflects on the notion of championing. To champion someone is a wonderful means of emotional support, and we often don't take the time to champion our children. Think about how you feel when someone...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 35
May 18, 2021 04:18 - 10 minutes - 9.47 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues to review the Q&A section of her recent parenting book called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN. In recent podcasts, Dr. Shaw has reviewed the 10 governing principles for effective parent-child communication which forms the opening section of her book, however, the closing section of the book features the ten most frequently asked questions that Dr. Shaw hears from parents and podcast listeners. This...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 34
May 11, 2021 05:49 - 10 minutes - 9.19 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues to review the Q&A section of her recent parenting book called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN. However, before she gets to the section of the book being recapped on this podcast episode, Dr. Shaw openly discusses her motivation for sharing knowledge. She has a true philosophy of "paying it forward," and her longstanding multi-age school program for a combined Kindergarten-First Grade classroom serv...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 33
May 04, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues to review the Q&A section of her recent parenting book called I LIKE HOW YOU SPEAK TO ME... A PARENT'S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH CHILDREN. In recent podcasts, Dr. Shaw has reviewed the 10 governing principles for effective parent-child communication which forms the opening section of her book, but the closing section of the book features the ten most frequently asked questions that Dr. Shaw hears from parents and podcast listeners. This week...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 32
April 27, 2021 03:00 - 9 minutes - 9.01 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw returns to the topic of her recent parenting book titled I Like How You Speak to Me - A Parent's Guide to Effective Communication with Children. Over the course of recent podcasts, Dr. Shaw had reviewed the all-important 10 governing principles for effective communication as documented in her book. Now, starting on this podcast, she is taking the listener through the Q & A section of her book during which she answers the 10 most frequently asked questions that par...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 31
April 20, 2021 04:19 - 6 minutes - 7.19 MBThis week Dr. Shaw is featuring the audio of another media appearance, this time it's from WDCW-TV in Washington, DC. Reporter Jimmy Alexander from DCW50, the CW Network Affiliate in Washington, produced and anchored a piece about children returning to school post-pandemic, and he was kind enough to seek out Dr. Shaw's opinions on that subject and talk with her about her work. This podcast episode is actually the audio of that interview and the report in which is appears.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 30
April 13, 2021 04:51 - 9 minutes - 9.18 MBOn her last podcast, Dr. Shaw shared a recent media appearance where she was interviewed about her work, but two episodes ago, Dr. Shaw wrapped up her discussion of her Ten Governing Principles that guide effective communication with children. The list of those principles and the discussion around them form the first major section of Dr. Shaw's new parenting guide available on Amazon. In the middle of that book there is a short children's book which serves as a model for why Dr. Shaw's styl...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 29
April 06, 2021 04:06 - 15 minutes - 11.2 MBOn this episode, Dr. Shaw takes a break from her recent podcast format whereby she has been sharing her 10 governing principles for effective communication with children. Those principles form an important opening section of her new parenting book which can be found here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJRX7JF . The recent publishing of that book landed her once again on WDST-FM in Woodstock where she was a return guest on the Sunday show known as The Woodstock Roundtable. That program is ho...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 28
March 30, 2021 03:52 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review her "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children. These principles make up the foundation of her new guidebook for parents just published recently and available at Amazon.com. The book is titled I Like How You Speak to Me... A Parent's Guide to Effective Communication with Children, and the opening section of that book lists the aforementioned Ten Governing Principles for effective communication. Dr. Shaw promised that f...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 27
March 23, 2021 03:18 - 7 minutes - 6.46 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review her "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children. First, she starts off with a recap of all of her recent work, especially her 20+ children's nonfiction picture books for Social and Emotional Learning. Dr. Shaw then transitions into a brief but potent discussion of her 9th Governing Principle from her new parenting book. The 10 governing principles form the backbone of her guidebook for parents just published recently an...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 26
March 16, 2021 03:21 - 8 minutes - 7.86 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review her "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children. Those principles for the backbone of her new parenting guide just published recently and available at Amazon.com. That new book was first introduced during this podcast series a number of weeks ago, and the concept for Dr. Shaw's new parenting guide is to help parents and educators communicate effectively with young children. The book has the appropriate title of I Like ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 25
March 09, 2021 05:02 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review her "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children that are featured in her brand new parenting guide just out and available at Amazon.com. This new book was first announced during this Dr. Shaw podcast a number of weeks ago, and the concept for this new parenting guide is to help parents and educators communicate effectively with young children. The book has the appropriate title of I Like How You Speak to Me... A Parent'...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 24
March 02, 2021 02:28 - 9 minutes - 8.65 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review the "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children that are featured in her brand new parenting guide just out and available at Amazon.com. Her new book for parents was first introduced and outlined by Dr. Shaw on a podcast several weeks back, and the concept for this new parenting guide is to help parents and educators communicate effectively with young children. The book has the appropriate title of I Like How You Speak ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 23
February 23, 2021 04:48 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review the "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children that are featured in her brand new book for parents. Several weeks ago on an earlier podcast, Dr. Shaw first introduced and outlined her concept for the new parenting guide that she created. That book is now out... it's called I Like How You Speak to Me... A Parent's Guide to Effective Communication with Children, and the opening section of that book lists Dr. Shaw's Ten Go...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 22
February 16, 2021 04:31 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review the "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children that are featured in her brand new book for parents. On Podcast Episode 18 in this series, Dr. Shaw first introduced and outlined her concept for a new parenting guide that she was writing. That book is now out... it's called I Like How You Speak to Me... A Parent's Guide to Effective Communication with Children, and the opening section of that book lists Dr. Shaw's Ten G...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 21
February 09, 2021 12:22 - 9 minutes - 8.37 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review the "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children. This avenue of discussion was introduced on Episode 18 of her podcast series when Dr. Shaw first introduced and outlined her concept for a new parenting book on how to get children to listen. At that time, Dr. Shaw promised that for ten straight podcasts she would delve into a discussion of one guiding principle per episode, and this is the second of those, and the guidin...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 20
February 02, 2021 01:22 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues to review the "Ten Governing Principles" for effective communication with children. This avenue of discussion was introduced on Episode 18 of her podcast series when Dr. Shaw first introduced and outlined her concept for a new parenting book on how to get children to listen. At that time, Dr. Shaw promised that for ten straight podcasts she would delve into a discussion of one guiding principle per episode, and this is the second of those, and the guidin...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 19
January 26, 2021 05:21 - 13 minutes - 13 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw continues on her new discussion path that was started on her last podcast. On that podcast, Dr. Shaw outlined her concept for a new parenting book on how to get children to listen. She outlined her "Ten Governing Principles" for communicating with children, after which she promised to go into detail about each of those ten principles on her next ten podcasts. This is the first of those, and the guiding principle she discusses here is BEING HONEST when communicati...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 18
January 19, 2021 13:01 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw introduces a new area of discussion based upon requests that she has received from parents, and that topic is how to speak with children in a manner so that they will listen. Dr. Shaw actually mentions that, instead of a new children's book, she is currently working on turning this particular topic into a new book designed to help parents. She breaks down what she calls "The Ten General Principles for Communicating with Children," and while Dr. Shaw acknowledges t...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 17
January 12, 2021 02:52 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBIn this episode Dr. Shaw follows up on an inspiration that cropped up during a recent radio interview on which she appeared. She was discussing her books and the subject of social and emotional learning and it was suggested that adults needed that kind of learning as much as children. This podcast picks up on that theme and talks in depth about how "we are what we pay attention to" and how modeling for children, especially in this troubled time of remote and disrupted education, is so impor...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 16
January 05, 2021 16:11 - 19 minutes - 14.3 MBOn this episode, Dr. Shaw shares her recent interview on WDST in Woodstock. The Woodstock Roundtable is hosted by Doug Grunther on WDST, and Dr. Shaw's recent guest appearance on that program made for a lively discussion about her work and her educational philosophy. The Q&A included here also led the conversation down some interesting avenues, so again, this was worth sharing.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 15
December 29, 2020 14:00 - 11 minutes - 9.92 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw talks about a subject that came up because it was the holiday season... the topic is greed and being greedy. Children often want more than is necessary, and Dr. Shaw shares her strategies for dealing with greediness drawn from her lifetime of experience teaching young children. She teaches that when a child is "in the moment," that child is able to appreciate what they have as opposed to being preoccupied with the next shiny object.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 14
December 22, 2020 02:40 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw is focused on the concept of LEARNING LESSONS. She talks about what makes a true learning lesson, how to "scaffold" with children during their education process, how to celebrate the unknown as the place where learning truly occurs and how to not treat a mistake as heavy, but rather as the gateway to learning.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 13
December 15, 2020 06:17 - 10 minutes - 9.02 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw takes a detour from her recent episodes of discussing character building to talk about a related issue, bullying. She discusses her philosophy that behavior comes from need, and that bullies don't feel good about themselves which is why they behave the way they do... to make others feels small so they can feel bigger. She then reads her book titled "Showing Off", which is part of her acclaimed new series of children's books for social and emotional learning.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 12
December 08, 2020 02:48 - 16 minutes - 15 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues her recent theme of building character. Her trademark as a teacher was to always have her students be exposed to honest conversations and quality relationships, and with that foundation she was able to teach humanity daily. During this podcast, several concrete examples of educational strategies are shared that can be helpful to parents and teachers alike.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 11
December 01, 2020 14:15 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBIn Ep 11, Dr. Shaw introduces the notion of building character in children. She discusses what good character means, and she reads her children's book titled Sorry aloud as an illustration of character development. In that book, a child learns that just saying "I'm sorry" isn't enough... one needs to change their behavior to demonstrate true remorse. Dr. Shaw reviews the book's talking points. She then concludes by asking listeners to continue to provide feedback.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 10
November 24, 2020 13:08 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw talks about the topic of GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP and its role in the social and emotional development of children. Dr. Shaw shares some thought-provoking examples of good and bad sportsmanship and the life lessons that are built into that behavior. Another topic that is important to Dr. Shaw is CHARACTER, and she connects the practice of good sportsmanship to growth into a person of good character.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 9
November 17, 2020 02:21 - 22 minutes - 20 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw explores the concept of internal and external reinforcement and role of such reinforcement in education. Her examination of the kinds of rewards systems that are sometimes used in schools or at home is eye-opening for parents and teachers everywhere.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 8
November 10, 2020 14:30 - 19 minutes - 17.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw follows up on some education concepts that were discussed in recent podcasts and also gets into the teaching strategy known as "scaffolding." She explains that educational tool for parents and teachers and she follows that up with a conversation about a child needing to be responsive in order to be responsible. As always, this is a fascinating and very helpful discourse.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 7
November 03, 2020 04:20 - 26 minutes - 23.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw begins by re-examining the notion of a "mis-take" being a learning lesson. She clarifies ways in which a mistake might not be celebrated as a learning opportunity. She also talks in detail about the concept behind her series of books for socio-emotional learning and she launches into a fascinating discussion about the use of "strategies" in education and parenting.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 6
October 29, 2020 03:06 - 21 minutes - 18.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw answers a follow-up question about her comment on a recent podcast about "socializing a child's behavior." She explains that concept using real life examples, and then she reads one of the stories from her recent book series. The chapter she reads is the one titled "SHAME" and it provides a fascinating framework for a discussion about shame and a child's natural reaction to making a mis-take. To Dr. Shaw, there are no "mistakes," only learning opportunities.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 5
October 20, 2020 06:57 - 24 minutes - 21.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw takes questions that have come in via her website at www.learnwithmeremotely.com. One question is about making mistakes in front of our children. Another is about why the need for repetition in learning. And the final question is about teaching children about sharing. All three answers include invaluable and highly detailed conversations and examples that are helpful to parents everywhere.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 4
October 14, 2020 15:27 - 32 minutes - 27.4 MBIn Ep 4, Dr. Shaw is joined by PreSchool educator Christina DeGrote who reads and discusses Dr. Shaw's children's picture book, "Anger." Dr. Shaw's vital series of single chapter e-books & multi-chapter paperbacks (all on Amazon) were created to help parents, educators and children to work on their socio-emotional development. After the story reading in this podcast, Ms. DeGrote and Dr. Shaw continue to have a lively discussion about various valuable educational strategies.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep.3
October 06, 2020 14:25 - 24 minutes - 21.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. Mindy Shaw discusses education with regard to the themes of consistency and follow-through. Dr. Shaw has 30+ years of experience with 4 to 8 year olds, and she shares important information in this podcast that will help parents deliver the messages to their children that the children want and need.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 2
September 29, 2020 17:23 - 13 minutes - 11.3 MBIn this second podcast in the series, Dr. Shaw visits with Christina DeGrote, a colleague and Pre-School teacher, to discuss the educational impact that the Dr. Shaw series of books can have on students in need of support for their social and emotional learning. Christina reads the short picture book, "A Kid's Concern: The Coronavirus," and the colleagues share their thoughts about the content.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw
September 21, 2020 00:42 - 27 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this first podcast in the series we meet Dr. Mindy Shaw and discuss what it means to teach humanity to young schoolchildren and how the current remote learning environment may impact social and emotional learning.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 1
September 21, 2020 00:42 - 27 minutes - 26.3 MBIn this first podcast in the series we meet Dr. Mindy Shaw and discuss what it means to teach humanity to young schoolchildren and how the current remote learning environment may impact social and emotional learning.