Quiet Signals and Timers
…asking your students to work on a science activity for an unspecified amount of time, you can say, “Class, you have 5 minutes to brainstorm ideas for your wind-powered car.”…
…asking your students to work on a science activity for an unspecified amount of time, you can say, “Class, you have 5 minutes to brainstorm ideas for your wind-powered car.”…
…the recording of a webinar hosted by Laura Candler featuring five terrific educators and their favorite web tools. Presenters include Joan Young, Paula Naugle, Erin Klein, Suzy Brooks, and Lisa…
…fun times just kept getting better and better. We spent our time together reading books, playing with play dough, singing songs, dancing, coloring and painting. Becoming a “Gigi” was the…
…Howard Gardner, the linguistic and logical-mathematical. Movement, songs, and stories also address these intelligences and bring into play the bodily-kinesthetic, musical, and spatial, among others. The more modalities we reach,…
…learned behavior. Infants are born adorable, innocent, and teachable, but they are also selfish since all they know is their own tiny world. Without adults guiding them, they will never…
…smoothly and effectively. I’ve tried group points, individual strategies, treats, moving desks around (a lot), classroom bucks, phone calls to parents (both positive and when students are struggling) and many,…
…the April pack. In addition to this activity, you’ll find a lesson for National Book Week, National Jelly Bean Day, Poetry Month, and more! By the way, these photos were…
…water falling from the sky, like rain, snow, and sleet. Most kids also understand that evaporation is what happens when water “disappears” on a warm day, such as a puddle…
