Well, it's here the first day of school. Yesterday was Meet the Teacher Day and then we had a team building activity in the afternoon. I ...
Innovation and guided change can be visualized and proposed with visual resources: keys to problem solving and planning.
A few months ago I posted about how our school was trying to better balance all 5 Essential Elements of the PYP. As we reflected, we felt that we were heavily focused on students' attainment of knowledge and we were getting better at developing their conceptual understandings, but we still felt that we could do a better…
As a curriculum framework, the PYP offers both structure and flexibility. Here are some of the key components that must be followed in a school's PYP programme: Six Transdisciplinary Themes : every...
Graphic Design
Through simple text and beautiful illustrations, young learners will discover that being global means being a citizen of the world.
Kids will love these animal classification activities. Who would have thought teaching something so complex could be this simple and fun!
Doodle cubes are a fun art activity for kids that allows them to see how their 2D designs can translate into 3D designs. Great for spatial awareness!
If you are new or newish to the IB PYP and student led inquiry, this article is for you. With a comprehensive list of the essential parts of an inquiry based classroom in the PYP, this will get you started feeling more prepared and hopefully confident for back to school.
How the World Works has just won Royal Society Young People's Book Prize. Let this beautiful hands-on guide take you around our planet. And enter our giveaway to get your own free copy
Truth time: I hated disliked teaching cause and effect up until this past week. Why? Because it is a confusing concept and when I have...
These interactive bulletin boards invite students to engage, respond, play, and learn in a variety of ways. Find options for every age.
Living Things (Sharing the Planet) - Collected resources for K2 (13-14) by Anika Saxena | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, businesses and more
Create an advertisement teaching resource for Grade 4 PYP / IB student, create an advertisement design plan for a New Game, excellent for a media awareness activity, media literacy unit
