|
Teachers,
Want to make your classes more interactive & the learning more participatory?
Want to develop & enhance students' creative & critical thinking -
set them up to be life-long learners?
We keep it simple:
essential topics common in curricula around the globe
with key teacher questions + key words (word cards) for you to simply
start planning quality learning experiences.
|
stimulate learning IDEAS
Our convenient, affordable resources help
to enhance & supplement your own
teaching and learning ideas and resources.
We offer relevant & challenging topics for
inquiry,key teacher questions and key
essential words and phrases for
curriculum topics and critical thinking.
|
|
Top picks
Sustainability Topics
Key questions; key words
Making Food Choices
Climate Change
Water: Resilience & Adaptation
Water in Our Daily Lives
Oil Leak in Gulf of Mexico
Kids just love science
Get great starting points for
science & integrated topics
of study: key questions for
inquiry,key word cards
to stimulate learning.
K-8 & ESL topcis including:
More stimulating science topics
OUR GIVE- AWAYS
Offering practical ideas and
resources for enhancing teaching
practice. Free via email
Only unimaginative teachers refer
to word cards or flash cards as
"drill and kill": Imaginative and
purposeful ways to use
word cards/ wall words and
flashcards
Readings for children aged 5-9
years as recommended by
leading international educators
Readings for students aged
10-14 years as recommended
by leading international educators
Improve participation in the
learning process by better fielding
of questions
Invite Excitment and Exploration
into Your Classroom
Why use word cards, labels,
wall words or flashcards?
New teacher? new term?
new school?
Off to a good start!
|
Sustainability education
Printable resource of the month
What is sustainable development?
Waste, are we getting away with it?
Transdisciplinary inquiry into waste-
a by-product of human lifestyles and
its' impact on sociey & the environment.
*Step-by-step guide
*6 major topics to explore.
*Adaptable Grs 4 - 8... >>
Global issues
HEALTH & 0BESITY
What does it mean to be healthy?
What is a healthy lifestyle?
Governments around the world are
increasingly promoting living an active
lifestyle to fight obesity & cardio-
vascular disease. Make a start in your
school to help combat these problems
with our key questions for discussion or
inquiry & essential topic words (cards for
indiviual/group use) for this critical issue.
Developing a Personal Health Plan
Discuss the efforts required to improve
one's health and the responsibility for a
plan of action.
Key questions, key words & steps for action
Suggested Grades 4-8
FOOD SECURITY
What happens if our food needs are not met?
Grab attention & spark discussion on food
security.Feeding the Community >>
Printable key questions & words on this major
issue.
|
Addressing literacy challenge
Literacy Coach, 1.2.3
reading and reading development
What knowledge, skills & methods of
teaching & learning are central to
reading success?
Designed by reading specialist;
Draws upon contemporary research
& developments in the field of
literacy learning.
*A 'how to' guide with 'ready-to-go'
activities;
*3 levels of understanding/
stages of development
*Includes: how to use 3 kinds
of teaching:coaching, didactic
& Socratic discussion;
*Self-evaluation;
*Pesonalizing the reading program,
Step-by-step, easy-to-use lesson plans.
Grades 2-7 & ESL >>
What's new?
Purposeful word study
*printable teacher time-savers
*word cards:wall words; flash cards
*purposeful talking & listening aids
*support for English as a second
language
|
|
Top 3 strategies we encourage
teachers to focus on this semester:
1. Use and model a range of
teaching and learning strategies.
2. Differentiate - different students,
so, use different teaching strategies.
3. Grouping and regroup students
according to teaching methods and
learning situations.
|
Continuing
professional development
Educators around the globe
can access expert information
and professional learning via
Subject Assocations around
the world e.g.:
The National Association of the Teaching
of English UK NATE
Are you a member of The Mathematics
Association UK? If not, why not?
'Join The MA here'.
See on YouTube what you are missing
|
Share the love of books
Looking for quality fiction texts suitable
for critical analysis?
Or just a pleasurable reading
experience?
Purchase online from our book store:
Books + K-8 to stimulate learning
Great titles for children aged 5-9
years
|
Need to inspire, engage and invite
participation to stimulate learning?
Collect or borrow some wonderful
objects to display with any of our
specially selected titles in our
General Store at Amazon.
Start with great non-fiction
Investigate all kinds of topics including:
the latest fads, e-books, archaeology,
the arts,science, history & geography
specially selected at our
Add an attention-grabbing question
and who knows where it may lead?
|
