At the beginning of March, I decided to experiment and create a multisensory tool to keep track of my thoughts, feelings, and sensations as I recorded my activities. Ideas for Journaling For years, I would buy an oversized teacher’s planner to use as a written agenda and journal. It was inexpensive and provided room…
It’s 7:30 am. We have to be in the car to drive carpool in twenty minutes. Our 8-year-old son is still in his pajamas. This happens every morning. I wonder if I should dress him myself or force him to go to school in his pajamas. I know one thing; this is a problem…
Deb has just finished breakfast. She plans to go outside and play with her friends. Her friends are free until lunch time. After breakfast, her sister asks Deb to help her find her socks. At 10 am, Deb brushes her teeth and returns to her room. Deb is on her way out and mom…
What is a game? Although there are different opinions about the definition of a game, here is one which Jonathan Cassie presents in his book Level Up Your Classroom (p. 11): All games are a combination of the four “mother mechanics: Agon, Alea, Mimicry, and Ilinx. The notion of four mother mechanics comes from Roger…
‘Hello, old chap, you got to work, hey?’ Tom wheeled suddenly and said: ‘Why, it’s you, Ben! I warn’t noticing.’ ‘Say — I’m going in a-swimming, I am. Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d druther WORK — wouldn’t you? Course you would!’ Tom contemplated the boy a bit, and said: ‘What…
https://www.easel.ly/infographic/e9iz2w By mrsdvorakravitz | View this Toon at ToonDoo | Create your own Toon It’s Sunday. Deb is upstairs in her room. She has a little math and history homework, and then she plans to run outside and play with her friends. Before she starts, she goes downstairs to eat breakfast. After breakfast, her…
Deb is in third grade. She is in class. While the teacher stands at the front of the room and teaches math, Deb looks out the window. She imagines. “What would it be like if this whole building was a home, and each room could be transformed to create an open space with all…