Mind Mechanics provides activities, worksheets and lesson plans to empower teens with the skills they need to manage their mental health throughout life. It can be used flexibly as a full programme or as a toolbox of activities to use as and when needed and is suitable for group or 1:1 work.
This book presents the most effective instructional strategies for promoting vocabulary growth in the early grades, when the interdependence of word learning and oral language development is especially strong. The authors guide teachers in choosing the best materials and in fostering home-school connections, and share six key principles for ......
From leading experts, this indispensable resource presents a practical model for conducting reading assessments for screening, diagnosis, and progress monitoring in each of the three tiers of response to intervention (RTI). K-8 teachers and school personnel are guided to use norm-referenced, informal, and curriculum-based measures to assess key ......
Activities for Understanding Ambiguous Language and Humor
Understanding ambiguous words, phrases, and sentences is an important part of reading well, communicating skillfully, and enjoying humor based on word play. This activity book includes ready-to-use activities based on jokes and puns that help students learn how to decipher the language ambiguities they encounter inside and outside the classroom.
An engaging book that identifies creative, fun and easy ways to explore STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and maths) subjects using the colours of the rainbow to inspire and enthuse young learners.
Strengthening Emotional Resiliency in Children Through Art
Covering the fundamental principles of art therapy informed activities, this easy-to-use resource delves into the importance and usefulness of art in early childhood development to heal trauma. Full of practical activities, techniques and downloadable lesson plans, this resource is ready for use in your educational and therapeutic environments.
Constructive Conversations on Race, Identity, and Justice
The Mindful Classroom: Constructive Conversations on Race, Identity, and Justice helps teachers and discussion facilitators practice and teach mindfulness and movement techniques that can deeply enhance conversations about race, identity, and social justice, furthering social justice efforts at their most basic stage-person to person-from the ......
Why creative form drawing with Children? The purpose, benefits and learning outcomes for children. Form drawing and countering screen effects. Origins and development. Rudolf Steiner's original exercises.
Accountability the Public Wants, Authority the Teachers Need
This book outlines a steadily growing teacher-powered movement, now in 20 states of the U.S., that finds teachers in charge of what matters for student and school success.
