Category: Ideas Corner

Happy New Year! Hopefully this year will be a good starting point in career, business and life for all of us. Here comes a new year,...

Most teachers teach because they love it. Being able to convey knowledge clearly and enthusiastically is one key to effective student learning, and therein rests a...

Switching from holiday activities to rules, homework, and routines can be a big jump for parents and children alike. But with a little preparation and the...

Examinations are coming so prepare yourself and make a study plan. Map out all of the material that has to be covered and schedule what, when...

By Erin Schreiner While it is important that students operate within the general rules present in your classroom, it is also important that students recognize their...

By Dana Dratch If your New Year’s resolutions from last year have gone unresolved, you’re not alone. Now another New Year offers an opportunity to achieve...

by: Janet Blaylock Teaching primary children to edit is an important aspect in writing. Children need to learn how to write and then edit their own...

1.  It seems that all teenagers are interested in pop songs, so exploit that interest by bringing music–and the feelings that can be expressed through songs–into...

“When the task is done beforehand, then it is easy. If you do it hurriedly and carelessly, it must be hard.” (Cleary, 1989, p. 5) Learning...

“When the task is done beforehand, then it is easy. If you do it hurriedly and carelessly, it must be hard.” (Cleary, 1989, p. 5) There...