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Classroom learning is fifty percent content or instruction and fifty percent context or environment. To maximize overall classroom performance, keeping all students focused, engaged, and receptive to learning, teachers must be able to walk, smoothly and effortlessly, the very fine line between what teaching methodology is (content) and what emotional atmosphere is (context). In other words, to reach the right balance content-context, teachers need to pay attention equally both to what…
ContinuePosted by The Psycho-Educational Teacher on May 24, 2012 at 7:30am
We all love play dough! Especially our little ones who love making shapes and figures out of it. Also, it's a wonderful activity for young toddlers and preschoolers.
Here's a great recipe for an amazing Homemade Playdough that I tested in my kitchen.
Enjoy!
Posted by Ana Zambrana on May 22, 2012 at 6:20pm
If you are like us, your vegetable garden has probably taken off and your kids may be asking for reminders as to what you planted together. We’re enjoying our strawberries, but our veggies are a few months away, so we decided to do a taste test to keep fresh in our minds what we have growing. Below you will find out taste test recording sheet.
My…
ContinuePosted by Andrea H on May 20, 2012 at 5:52pm
Read more about this book at Teach Preschool!
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