Cursive Writing: Beneficial or Lost Art?
Want to build your students’ minds and bodies, or just need something new to add to your art lessons? You might want to consider re-introducing handwriting.
Want to build your students’ minds and bodies, or just need something new to add to your art lessons? You might want to consider re-introducing handwriting.
For teachers, time is a precious commodity. That’s why I believe we need to incorporate Google Drive into our everyday teaching standards.
Sure, haiku can be an exercise in syllable counting, but if this were the only benefit, why teach it? Here are several other positive returns from composing haiku.
I avidly recall a second grade class that would excitedly huddle around my rocking chair for story time. Students scrambled around sliding chairs to the carpet where I read ...
“Words from other countries can be difficult to spell. Italian gave us macaroni and broccoli, as well.”
Silent letters can be tricky to grasp for young students. One way of introducing them to students is to show that those letters aren’t always silent. They can be heard in ...
Teaching poetry to children is often considered one of the most tedious aspects of the language arts. But much of that disdain is unfounded.
Did you know that children who read to their dogs often improve their reading by one school grade? Here's why.
For me digital literacy involves reading widely, keeping informed, knowing when and how to be critical and when to embrace new information, new ideas. I
To create characters that seem real, encourage students to study people.