Like carolers juiced up on hot chocolate, small children excited about the approaching holidays are starting to bounce off the walls
And as they do, teachers and parents are faced with an annual question: How do you keep children focused on their schoolwork when so much fun is before them?
"We've seen the holiday antsiness," said Karen Bennett, a fourth-grade teacher at Chesapeake Academy in Arnold. "But it's a balance. You also have to let them feel the joy and the wonder of the...
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