Co-teaching Seminars This Week Here in St. Louis (Clayton, actually). Checked in, shuttle driver took me to Whole foods - did groceries, going to polish my co-teaching presentation before bed. Tomorrow St. Louis, Tuesday: Springfield, MO, Wed: Kansas City, MO, Thurs: Minneapolis, MN, and Friday, FAR [...]
Helping children understand the importance of diet and exercise now can reduce their risk for heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, stroke, cancer, and osteoarthritis as adults.
Transition With Song Kindergarten teacher Marna Ingerson of Lancaster Schools writes, "All of my transitional directions are sung. 'Line up! Line up! Everybody line up!' Directions for activities: 'Turn your eyes up here, up here'. Repeat and point up or down or left or to the chart. Then we begin t [...]
Moving beyond the success of his own life, Josh Waitzkin, eight-time national chess champion, world champion martial artist, and subject of the film Searching for Bobby Fischer, has written a book detailing his experiences on the road to mastery.
So, how about a homework assignment that requires students to create a word collage of sorts. Would that encourage practice?