10 Simple Icebreakers For Kids: Elementary Students Edition
One simple icebreaker for kids is to ask them to improve something–a game, song, toy, etc. This encourages open-ended thinking and creativity.
Don’t Teach Kids How To Read, Teach Them Why
Increasingly, books aren’t thought of as entertainment or even as ways to learn; they are thought of in terms of their form: as books.
50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child
There are many ways to encourage a child but persistent, well-timed, positive messages are among the most powerful.
25 Tricks To Improve A Boring Lesson
25 Tricks To Improve A Boring Lesson contributed by Lisa Chesser Over the years, I’ve noticed how one question can change the dynamics of any situation. Everything might be moving along quite nicely at the dinner table, everyone’s happy and laughing but one question can send those same smiling faces into a frenzy of shouts and upset. This…
15 Apps & Websites For Teaching Math Online
15 Apps & Websites For Teaching Math Online contributed by Jennifer Smith With the increasing popularity of STEM-focused learning more and more students are taking on more and more challenging math courses. However, for some students, the subject can present a real challenge; but knowing where to turn to for help can greatly mitigate the…
7 Mistakes That Quality Assessments Avoid
What specific knowledge will I gain about my students’ levels of mastery of a standard or substandard by their answers to this question?
Should Sandbox Learning Be The Future Of Education?
If you want to teach kids, by all means teach them. We can’ do much without knowledge. But if you really want to see their genius, watch them play.
A Video Game-Themed Student Interest Inventory For Elementary Students
A Video Game-Themed Student Interest Inventory For Elementary Students by TeachThought Staff Curricula: You can download a ready-for-student version of this student interest inventory for free on the TeachThought TpT page. Why Use A Student Interest Inventory? The purpose of this inventory is to help children at the elementary age express themselves by itemizing their…
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A Poem That’s Been Torn In Half? New Children’s Book Explores Value Of Mistakes
A Poem That’s Been Torn In Half? New Children’s Book Explores Value Of Mistakes by TeachThought Staff This post is sponsored by Workman Publishing Title: ‘My Book Of Beautiful Oops!’ Author: Barney Saltzberg (author’s page) Ages: 3+ Availability: In Stores Now Summary: ‘My Book Of Beautiful Oops!’ Is A Scribble it, Smear it, Fold it, Tear…
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Unique Literacy Apps Created For War-Affected Syrian Children
Unique Literacy Apps Created For War-Affected Syrian Children by TeachThought Staff From a press release Oslo/Washington, DC (March 20, 2017) – A Norway-led coalition today announced two winners of the EduApp4Syria innovation competition and the worldwide release of open-source Arabic literacy learning games Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster. Both games are now…
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There’s A New Sesame Street Character–And She Has Autism
New Bilingual Sesame Street and Autism Materials Created to Increase Acceptance and Provide More Tools for Families Impacted by Autism From a press release New York, NY—(March 20, 2017) There’s a new Sesame Street character–and she has Autism. Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street, today announced a rich new phase of…
30 Of The Best Books To Teach Children Empathy
Being told through narrators, most stories naturally promote empathy with characters. These are some of the best books to teach children empathy.
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