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Lessons For Outdoor Day

October 5, 2023
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20% increase in sales of outdoor musical instruments to schools In celebration of Outdoor Classroom Day today (November 3rd), Percussion Play, the world’s leading manufacturer of outdoor musical instruments, announces that it has experienced a 20% increase in sales has its instruments in schools...

Harnessing the Power of Student Voice

October 4, 2023
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During one of my most memorable annual review meetings, our fourth grader sat down (at his request) to a “good breakfast tea” and a whole wheat biscuit, and I took on the role of scribe. as he led the meeting. He told me, his teacher, his father, and his speech therapist exactly what worked for him and what didn’t, and...

5 Triggers for Classroom Engagement: The use of dopamine and cortisol in learning

October 2, 2023
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As a teacher, capturing and maintaining students’ attention is crucial to effective teaching and learning. Understanding the complex relationship between hormones like dopamine and cortisol and attention can help you plan your lessons. Dopamine is associated with pleasure and reward and plays a key role in...

7 PRACTICAL RECREATION LESSONS THAT WORK IN BASIC CLASSES

October 2, 2023
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Retrieval practice is an effective learning strategy that improves students’ long-term knowledge retention and strengthens their ability to retain and apply knowledge. By actively retrieving information from memory, students engage in a process that accelerates learning and strengthens connections in their brains....