Using Technology to Treat Learning Difficulties!
While care of the body is, was and always will be the be all and end all for life success, we must all be on guard for what the world of technology brings our way. In the Tuesday, February 11, 2014...
View ArticleNews You Can Use!
Here is news exactly as it appeared from the Associated Press under the topic of SCIENCE. Babies’ Brains are Helped by Hearing More Words “New research shows that both how much and how well parents...
View ArticleROY G BIV! A Great Looking Guy
Have fun with colors this month. Here they are in rainbow form: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet ROY G BIV Here’s an idea! Choose a color with your students and write together...
View ArticleTeaching Shapes to Little Ones
Technique - Keep your students busy, have fun, and teach the shapes at the same time. Shapes are all around us. Look around your classroom, and you will see them. * Do you have square tiles on your...
View ArticleReading All Around!
Technique – Make reading a part of your students’ everyday world. There are so many ways to have fun with it. Check for letters, words and phrases on the clothes your students are wearing. Make an...
View ArticleApril, Spring, and Volunteering
We welcome April with a kind heart for these and many other reasons: * Spring is under way. * New growth is everywhere. * Cleaning up and de-cluttering are all around. And as they say… “A young man’s...
View ArticlePoor Child Behavior from an Underlying Cause
A recent article called Working with Children with Attachment Issues by Linda Ranson Jacobs gives insight into some kinds of poor child behavior. Here is how Linda describes the essence of the problem:...
View ArticleChess as an Educational Tool!
Our news today comes from www.azcentral.com Channel 12 TV in Arizona and is dated April 30, 2014. Chess Success! The Killip Elementary School Chess Team won the Arizona Scholastic State Chess...
View ArticleOne Whole Day! The Schedule Way
Here is a fun poem to teach to kids this month. It is all about the beauty of one whole day. With structure being great for kids, this poem is designed to help children live in a more meaningful,...
View ArticleEncouragement is Very Positive!
Make encouragement an implicit part of your daily speech. What is encouragement? It is noticing when something goes right. When you recognize a student’s positive behavior, you encourage it. The more...
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