Spice up "dry" math topics with "Would you rather?" questions.
Unit conversions was my most boring lesson until I changed the questions to things like "Would you rather drive 100 ft/sec or 50 mph?" Students would make predictions and want to learn the math to find the answer.
Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yoโs bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about whatโs even possible in our universe. A ๐งต.
Y'know how a lot of younger people can't read cursive and apparently its not taught in some schools/ countries anymore? I hadn't really given it that much thought and it just hit me why it's important: if you can't read cursive you can't read primary source historical documents!!
โWhy do our children need cursive?!โ ๐ญ
I get asked this question quite often. So Iโm going to share the importance of cursive handwriting ๐ธ especially in Early Childhood.
Read 30 min every day! Doodle/draw in the margins! Invent a new dance to your favourite song! Make funny faces in the mirror! These are my favourite ways to get my creative juices flowing ๐
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@SFLOK2Ask of doing things, they develop the lifelong ability of applying creativity to tough real-life problems and are less likely to be deterred by seemingly impossible obstacles.
Whatโs one way you r gotten your students to think outside the box?
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@SFLOK2Ask#OK2Ask#TeachersFirst Creativity in the classroom allows students to think/get outside the box. I always applaud students for coming up with creative and innovative ways to solve a problem; when they get outside of the thinking that there is only one solution or one way 1/2
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I told my student I was proud of her today.
She bawled. Then she said, โIโm sorry. I just feel like no one ever recognizes how hard I am trying.โ
Affirmation is powerful, and sometimes we are the only ones in the lives of our students who give it to them.
Just tried out @EdwinClassroom for the first time with my Grade 5โs - what a great way to incorporate social-emotional learning throughout the day! #mywellnessretreat