Teacher’s wear many hats every day: leader, group participant, and student organizer as well as volunteer coordinator and para educator guide. They communicate daily with students, parents, staff members and fellow teachers. They grade papers, help students become independent thinkers, chair committees, and take home whatever they can’t finish during the school day. Even a… Read More »
Now more than ever, we need STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) to become STEAM (adding the “A” for Arts). The inclusion of ARTS has been widely studied and found to be an intergral part of critical thinking. More and more businesses are including visual and writing artists as part of their innovation teams. Why? Visual… Read More »
Ideas you’ve heard a million times are still important. Everyone can use them starting right now. Get plenty of quality sleep. (Kids need more than adults. Plan on 9-11 hours dependng on their ages.) Focus on eating healthy snacks and nutritiuos meals, especially breakfast. Stay active to stay healthy. That 15-minute daily walk is better… Read More »
Here’s one brief way a student can assess their personal organization and productivity for school or homework. Before I begin my work: What are my tasks for today? What questions do I still have about my task before I start? Where can I find answers? What help do I need from adults? (supplies? resources? thinking… Read More »
At school it’s a time went the teacher or group leader ties together any loose ends in a project or task. The 2-3 minutes spent as the activity nears its end might be a brief review, a quick evaluation or the sharing of outcomes. It lets the students know that their time working had value… Read More »
It’s almost break time for families whose children and young adults will be spending extra days at home. That marks changes in our daily routines: more meals to prepare, more laundry, and more people with more projects strewn around. More importantly it marks more opportunities to spend quality family time together. So, here are a… Read More »
Vocabulary is organic. After we learn to speak, we use words; next we read and use words. I addressed this on October 2nd this year, but I keep thinking about it and how we need to be deliberate in exposing kids to a wide number of specifics naming words. We need to use specific words… Read More »
Just a reminder. You can find dozens of resources on my website related to teaching, parent issues, volunteer ideas, etc. Go http://www.paddyeger.com/educatingamerica. Check out the newsletters, articles and free downloads, then let me know which ones were the most help to you. If there is something you’d like to see on the website and can’t… Read More »
In this hectic world, it’s time to think about our shared concerns for children and youth. Here are a few of my ideas: We should strive to make children important in our daily lives. We need to keep communications open and as positive as possible. We need to engage children in thinking and learning beyond… Read More »
Every hours of every day in school is important. The question is…Is art education a waste of those precious minutes OR is it time wisely spent? Here are a few results of studies I recently read. (My bias will come through loud and clear.) Greater access to the arts: Improves students chances to succeed in… Read More »