ESL teachers can use songs to teach English to their students with great success. ESL songs can bring energy to the classroom, boost students’ confidence, and provide a much-needed active learning experience for younger students who may easily become bored or distracted. They are great for adding motivation and excitement to your classroom routine! Language…
Enrollment in online courses is growing and growing. In 2018, nearly seven million students enrolled in online courses. In 2020, 82% of K-12 students attended schools that offered some form of distance education. What makes a good, high-quality online course? We know there are criteria for evaluating good teaching practices, but the Internet is different….
In nature, young animals of all kinds exhibit playful behaviors. Wolf cubs grapple and treat their siblings as a kind of dry run that teaches them to protect themselves, their food, and their family members. Teenage monkeys bobbing and throwing fruit at each other while developing the social bonds that will hold the clan together…
While there are no specific regulations regarding the level of training necessary to teach yoga, choosing to pursue teacher certification, signifies a commitment to yoga. CYT certification reveals that the yoga instructor has pursued some level of education in yoga techniques. There are many different programs that offer certification for yoga instructors, and it is…
The KWLH Learning Strategy is one of the most popular strategies that the learning community has used for reading and understanding texts as well as working on various school projects. This strategy was developed by researcher Donna Ogle in 1986 and was originally developed to study the literature. KWLH is an acronym. K stands for…
It would be foolish to think that our education system meets the requirements of every child who enters at the age of five or six and leaves after thirteen years. However, some parents actually believe that our schools are entirely responsible for their children’s education. Parents who think this may put their children at a…
3 quick ways to get more excited about the coming decades: 1. Know that you can live to be over 100 years old and help people every single day. Start seeing that this could be it. Because when you look forward to helping someone, it really lifts your day. During the moments when you provide…
Special education inclusion refers to the participation of special education students in regular education classes and the provision of support services to those students. The main goal of inclusive education is for all students in the school, regardless of their strengths and weaknesses in any area, to become part of the school community. Each student…
In the first part of this series, we discussed how teachers and administrators struggle to apply new technologies and updated processes to address the motivational challenges that prevent students from engaging in the learning process. As we go on, we’ll look at the complexities in students’ lives that affect their participation in the classroom. Dis-…
