Enlightening Young Engineers
Ready to engage your students with hands-on literacy strategies for centers, guided/small group reading, and interventions? This post is packed with simple tools and ideas to bring the magic of kinesthetic learning to your literacy instruction! These suggestions are perfect for classroom teachers, special education teachers, interventionists, and reading specialists. Here are a few reasons why I feel hands-on literacy… Read More
Learning by doing. Kinesthetic learning. Hands-on learning. If I had to zero in on my most significant teaching philosophy, this would absolutely be it. We all know that these are the ways elementary students learn best, right? For decades, early childhood experts have maintained that children learn most effectively through hands-on learning experiences. It’s the same reason we pull out… Read More
I am so excited to have stumbled upon some AMAZING picture books for my elementary Makerspace over the past couple years! There is nothing quite like kicking off Makerspace time or a STEM challenge with a captivating read aloud to encourage our students to make meaningful connections with text and inspire them to play, explore, invent, and create. (Read more… Read More
Most elementary teachers know just how powerful a carefully selected read aloud can be. Picture books can instantly captivate a squirmy class of first graders, bring wide-eyed wonder to middle elementary, and spark deep and intellectual discussions with upper grades. One of my favorite ways to use read alouds with my little ones is use them to kick off STEM… Read More
Learning by doing. Learning through play. Hands-on learning. We all know that these are the ways young students learn best, right? For decades, early childhood experts have maintained that children learn most effectively through hands-on learning experiences. It’s the same reason why we pull out those math manipulatives and STEM Bins® on a regular basis. And it’s the same reason that… Read More
