Teaching and Learning – Page 18

April 4, 2015

Teenage Destiny

Many teacher movies are variations on a formula: difficult kids plus an understanding teacher equals transformed lives. Movies usually make it look far easier than this really is. But in To Sir, With Love, teacher Mark Thackeray, played by Sydney Poitier, resonates with lots of secondary teachers. His students are rude, incorrigible, and the boys… Continue reading

Relationships, Social and emotional development, Speaking and listening, Teaching and Learning

April 2, 2015

The Crayon Carousel

A few years ago, one of my daughters gave me a pop-up carousel of Crayola crayons. What a dream come true! I reveled in owning a lavish amount of color. The smell of crayons has always created an atmosphere of possibility for me and brings back happy school memories. When I was a child, teachers… Continue reading

Teaching and Learning

April 2, 2015

Bach’s Beauty: No Words Necessary

Sink into it at 17 seconds. Continue reading

Teaching and Learning

April 1, 2015

April Astronomy

When you hold an infant or toddler in your arms at night, chances are they can point to the moon. Did you know that you might be nurturing a future astronomer? This is how education begins in early childhood. A shared experience, like reading Goodnight, Moon while cuddling, makes children feel safe, loved and nurtured. They… Continue reading

Science, Speaking and listening, Teaching and Learning

March 30, 2015

On Globes: Get The Whole World in Their Hands

When held in the hands of a student, globes are terrific teaching tools. That’s because globes are meant to be touched, turned, examined, read, and best of all, played with. If you gave a student a globe to hold for fifteen minutes and asked him to write a list of ten new things he learned… Continue reading

History and Social Science, Teaching and Learning