This guide will help you transform your learning space in a environment that ENERGIZES/ENGAGES your students’ brains, FOCUSES your students’ brains, and CALMS your students’ brain…
Research-based curriculum embeds skills naturally through play-based experiences that adapt to each child's developmental level and interests.
Are you looking to elevate your Ecosystems and Biomes unit? This 4th or 5th grade project based learning unit for ecosystems incorporates science, nonfiction reading, research, writing, and the arts! Read to find out how I organized the research project, what our launch activity was, the driving que
Research on the brain helps us know what helps children remember, and what doesn't. Here are 10 successful strategies for the classroom.
A summary of 8 best practices in note-taking, straight from the research.
Project based learning is an amazing learning opportunity for kids. Your students will take skills and concepts they have learned and apply them through a real-world challenge or problem. Using brain power, research, creative thinking and problem solving skills students will complete the project or solve the problem presented. Filled with opportunities for higher level thinking, #problembasedlearning is a great way for students to see their learning play out in everyday life. #PBL #elementary
Playdough is always a favourite in my classroom. It's ideal to use that interest for reinforcing educational skills and concepts. That’s the beauty of a play-based classroom. You can teach phonics and consolidate phonemic skills through the provocations and learning invitations you provide. Playdou
Research based teaching strategies you can use today with a free printable chart.
The 5 Best Methods & Specific Tips on HOW to Incorporate Each in Your Own Classroom Being a teacher is a tough business. It can be hard to navigate the classroom and know if your teaching methods are
Research-based curriculum embeds skills naturally through play-based experiences that adapt to each child's developmental level and interests.
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If you're happy and you know it clap you hands!! Or in the case of these super fun body gross motor dice... twist your hips, bend your elbow or shake your head! My preschooler loved this fun gross motor game and it was a great way to get her moving on a cold winter day!
Throughout the school year, I know I would often find myself scrambling for ways to keep my students engaged in their learning and jazz up our classroom routine. As the sun starts shining brighter and summer is in the air, students are restless, and so are we... but the show must go on! Learning must continue, but can be done in an engaging and fresh way with hands on, creative project based learning resources! Grab a few of these PBL project ideas to finish out the year and enjoy watching your students engage in their learning and demonstrate their hard earned skills!
Green Rocking Turtle Shell Benefits: Students have a safe space in the classroom to work independently or self regulate. strengthening core muscles improves motor coordination Improves focus Foundations of Learning skill(s): Balance/Vestibular development Proprioception Problem solving, social skills development Specs: Dimensions: 30x30x22 Weight: 8lbs Target Age: Elementary
I love social studies and how it mixes so well with everything that we are doing in ELA!! Right now, we are reading “The Lemonade War”! My kiddos love it and so do I! The best part is that it fits perfectly into our Economics standards! We use this novel study to go through the ... Read More about Market Day Economics Project
While some teachers may wonder about the merits of PBL, I’m sold. My high school students have learned much more in an inquiry classroom than others did when we had a traditional one. PBL allows them to have a say in what they learn and how they present their knowledge. Every semester I’m impressed by the hard work and energy my students pour into their projects. Here's the story of our biology projects this year.
Your students will learn and retain information more with this research based strategy that just reading it alone. Jigsaw is a fun, engaging cooperative learning strategy that requires the participation of all students and they are mutually dependent on each other for a successful outcome. In this r...
Discover how PBL can enhance your child’s skills and education as you get tips to make project-based learning at home a success.
This very detailed 5.5 x 5.5 x 6.9-inch anatomy model of the human brain is medially divided into cerebrum parts. It is delivered on a removable base for easy display in medical offices and classrooms. Both halves of this brain can be disassembled. [A] Frontal with parietal lobes Temporal with occipital lobes Half of brain stem Half of cerebellum Visualize dimensions in augmented reality The brain model is a great educational tool for teaching and learning about the human nervous system and the anatomy of the brain. Purchase the best anatomy models for students, and doctors specializing in neurology from ClinicalPosters, your anatomical model supplier.
Students need to get to know their brains in a fun and practical way. This will empower them in their learning experience! I just created an amazing resource for your students from K to 4th grade! …
A guide to treating Wernicke's aphasia, a fluent language disorder. Learn about the research & download a free guide to TWA.
Project-based Learning
Research is clear…learning through movement is an effective way to get students to attend, engage and learn. Click here for a good article on how movement effects the brain. Movement can be added to most any lesson. In my class math is the subject dreaded the most, so I try to add movement to most of our […]
Looking for a way to get students to have fun learning new words AND remember them longer? Try these brain-based vocabulary activities.
This illustration helps parents understand brain dysregulation, so they can pick & choose appropriate interventions based on their child’s brain functioning at any given moment. To say it another way–this helps make sense of your child’s tantrums, explains why some things you do just make things worse, and gives a parent guidance for what TO […]
Your child's Corpus Callosum is the superhighway for learning development in the classroom.
Quick, fun, and easy brain breaks that will help your kids or students recharge, refocus and come back to the table ready to learn!
Explore the essentials of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing: how our brain interprets stimuli, from perception to cognition. Unveil the cognitive journey.
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