Category: Learning Together
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How to Use an Emotions Wheel to Help Kids Identify Feelings
Emotions wheels (or feelings wheels) provide a helpful visual reference for children when talking about emotions. They can be such a useful tool when it comes to introducing new emotional vocabulary to kids and can continue to be a helpful reference as children grow into adulthood. Here I’ll share 5 simple and effective ways that…
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5 Low-Prep Geography Activities for Kids
What if you could get kids engaged in practising their Geography skills while skipping that extra planning time? These low-prep geography activities for kids will help you easily incorporate more Geography in your learning space without the extra time and effort.
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Using Discussion Boards As One of Your Classroom Discussion Strategies to Encourage Collaboration
A discussion board is a simple and effective tool to use to help facilitate collaboration amongst students. Discussion boards remove some of the pressure of ‘on the spot’ discussions, by allowing students to first write an individual response down before verbally sharing their ideas with others. Discussion boards also give you a written sample of…
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What is Student Voice in the Classroom?
The term ‘student voice’ has been used more and more in recent years, and while most teachers can recognise its significance, it can sometimes be unclear what we’re referring to when we talk about student voice in learning. When we talk about student voice, it goes along with terms like student agency or student choice.…
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A Fun, Collaborative Group Activity to Try in Your Elementary Music Classroom
The activity featured in this blog post allows students to work as a group to create their own song, dance or rap. You can use this activity simply as a fun time-filler or to test the students’ musical knowledge, dance technique or ability to work as a team. This activity is ideal for working on…
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