Teaching Essential Life Skills Through Storytelling
Storytelling teaches your children essential life skills. Not only enjoyable and interactive, storytelling teaches skills that are used beyond the classroom.
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Caveat Emptor: A Lesson Plan for Consumer Smarts
Am I smarter than a fifth grader? Depends on how you measure smarts. If you’re going to quiz me on which of the original colonies voted against ratification of the Constitution, then NO. Just hand me my pride in a box and I’ll see myself out. But some of the everyday wisdom that gives me a leg up on an eleven-year-old comes directly from my own time in fifth grade X³ years ago. Hands down, the most memorable and applicable lesson of my elementary school years came from caveat emptor.
5 Ways to Inspire Your Students to Write
Some of your students may hate writing assignments, whereas others may enjoy them very much. Writing is an extremely important skill for students to have. Studies show that poor writing skills are detrimental to business success. More importantly, without writing, students may not be able to express themselves adequately. Since the art of writing is both creative and practical, here are 5 Ways to Inspire Your Students to Write: Individual journals- One great way to inspire your students to write daily includes passing out a notebook or composition book to each child. This way, they will have a place to [...]
