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great handout from the National Art Education Association
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new Written Language Production Standards for Handwriting AND Keyboarding. Loaded with research based information on benefits of learning both along with standards for Kindergarten through 8th grade -
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the walls, wall charts of an exemplary second grade classroom
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Is My Child's Teacher Good? Here's what to look for . . .
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homework & kids - the pros, the cons and common sense.
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The truth about standardized tests.
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Lena Erakovich Thank you so much for pinning this. Heartbreakingly, our government isn't learning from the experiences of other countries like the USA, and is imposing standardised testing too. To all you wonderful educators in America - I admire you so much for the creative spirit I see in your pins!
16 ways educators use pinterest [infographic]
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Art and music education are important!
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bullying. pay special attention to the different forms of bullying when teaching- not all bullies are big and dumb, they can be pretty girls too
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What is bullying? What isn't? & what can parents do to help their kids?
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introverts - great!
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NW Columbus Macaroni Kid, Bree Anderson Hmmmm, I think I am more of an introvert than I realize as about 9 out of the 12 I wish were applied to me in interactions :) especially the left side
revamped blooms taxonomy
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Justine Ickes Really like the question prompts!
Class Notes is an education and learning blog on Parenting.com - watch out 'cause I get opinionated.
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the use of deadly corporal punishment needs to be banned at schools -- Senate Bill 2020 would do that.
I Am a Teacher essay and a thank a teacher video opportunity.
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the difference between shyness and introversion & book recommendations
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Holding a kindergartener back from starting until age 6 or 7 is called redshirting. What are parents doing? Find out here.
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Itsy Factor In NYS children start school for the calendar year they are born, which means my October starts K when she's 4. This redshirting business means that she will be going to college (and competing) with children 2-3 years her senior! Craziness.
Connie Little Stars Learning Just had this discussion/ debate with two of my clients, one with an education background and one a a school administrator with a doctorate in ECE. It got heated between the three of us as we discussed the possibilities for their children and redshirting in general. Very different perspectives, and we all had researched it.
Linda Knost @ Little Hearts/Gentle Parenting Resources I'm asked this question frequently. Formal education is increasingly rigorous and focused on rote learning. Children aren't just a brain; they're whole people who need the opportunity to develop physically, emotionally, and creatively, as well as mentally. Redshirting doesn't delay a child's education; it broadens and deepens and enriches a child's being!
Julie Meyers Pron I consult on this often and have written numerous articles about it. It's a very personal choice, but one that every parent with a kid on the date-borderline should spend time considering.
Why I don't like Common Core Standards and wish we could look at growth and individual learners.
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best learning and education links for the week of March 9, 2012
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organization ideas for your kids' summer learning
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this book and the author helped me to teach body safety rules in order to keep my kids safe from bad stuff - it's a must read and will help you not be scared.
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Carissa M I just went to one of her seminars. She's great!
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup agreed!
the walls of a second grade classroom - amazing!
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NO more skill and drill - it kills a child's love of learning! Here's the research.
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Dave Taylor balance, Melissa. it's not about drills and it's not about just reading books...
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup what do you mean exactly?
Dave Taylor Read the original blog post that this pic (great pic!) came from and it seemed to suggest that drills and exercises were the path to eradicating all joy of reading from children. I have three excellent readers and they've all done spelling and grammar drills in school...
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup you're lucky - that's not what I've seen in the research nor in my experience as a classroom teacher. I think you've seen the exception to the rule -- in a positive way.
Learn how to advocate for kids like the Lorax did for trees.
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best kid and education links of the week from Imagination Soup
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Peter H. Reynolds talks about the importance of creativity and having a wonderful classroom. Produced by FableVision Learning, LLC www.FableVisionLe.... Copyright © 2009 FableVision Learning, LLC.
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Have children make these as a way to "look at things differently"!
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kids with dyslexia think outside the box like artist Simon Rodia who built the Watts Towers
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Lowe's Toolbox for Education grants for school improvement ideas
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the case against skill and drill curriculum
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PragmaticMom I love this series!!
PragmaticMom Illustrator is Brian Selnick, right? Of Hugo Cabret? That won a Caldecott if I'm not mistaken.
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup Oh - I didn't even know that! Thanks, Mia.
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Carol C Lawrence There definitely needs to be a balance. When I worked in the school system. Teachers felt it was their job to keep kids busy after school. I disagreed, it's the parents job. Let the kids have creativity and time to be free with supervision of course.