Students who believe that they can learn, will learn and students who believe that they can not learn, will not. Within the past few years the growth mindset model has gained a lot of momentum. The main underlying belief of growth mindset is that students who believe that they can learn will be able toContinue reading “Growth Mindset is the Future”
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Bullying Prevention in the Elementary School Setting
Bullying is something that is very prevalent in today’s society and thus teachers need to have a plan to tackle bullying in their classrooms and also in their schools. My plans and ideas surrounding bullying tend to air more on the side of prevention as opposed to dealing with it as it comes up. ThereContinue reading “Bullying Prevention in the Elementary School Setting”
Being Silly in the Classroom
A friend of mine presented a classroom management strategy that spoke on using silliness within the classroom as a way to get students to stop and refocus. Hannah stated in her presentation, “Children need help learning to regulate their emotions. Model what it looks and sounds like to laugh about something funny for a fewContinue reading “Being Silly in the Classroom”
Relationship Building in the Elementary Setting
Before students will feel one-hundred percent comfortable in their learning environment, positive teacher-student relationships need to be fostered and built. Building relationships is something that happens from the first time that one meets a student. But it will continue on through the rest of the interactions that the teacher and student share. There are aContinue reading “Relationship Building in the Elementary Setting”
Trauma Informed Practice
We never fully understand the extent of trauma that the children within our classroom will have gone through in their lifetime. Students come to us from all different kinds of backgrounds and walks of life. Some children could be eight years old and they could have had to wake their younger siblings up and getContinue reading “Trauma Informed Practice”
Differentiation and Learning Styles
We all have ways that we prefer to learn. Maybe you like to learn by reading passages, maybe you like to learn by doing, or maybe you enjoy learning by listening to lecture or music or even watching videos on a topic. We all have those ways that we prefer to receive information. For meContinue reading “Differentiation and Learning Styles”
Mission and Vision Statements
Mission and vision statements are point blank hard. It’s very difficult to gather the goals and dreams of a program into a short three sentences that sum up the program as a whole. Now, I think that it is important for schools and classroom teachers to develop such mission statement so that they know andContinue reading “Mission and Vision Statements”
Social Skills in Elementary Education
Social skills are quickly dwindling within the younger generations. The cause? Cellphones, tablets, tv, video games and the internet. All things are good in moderation, and the up and coming generation has not had a lot of moderation when it comes to interacting with these items. The children that will be coming into our classroomsContinue reading “Social Skills in Elementary Education”
Social Skills Interventions Groups in Early Childhood
Students in the classroom lack social skills for many reasons. Just to name a few it can be a result of a simple lack of knowledge, lack of practice, lack of cues, and also lack of reinforcement. A lot of social skills are learned from the relationships that the child had with adults and theirContinue reading “Social Skills Interventions Groups in Early Childhood”
Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development vs. Classroom Management
Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist, fathered the Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development. In other words, Vygotsky believes that social learning comes before cognitive development and that cognitive development is in turn advanced by social learning. The theory comes about with three levels of cognitive development. The first level being total understanding. In this level studentsContinue reading “Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development vs. Classroom Management”
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