Party Animal House at the Heidelberg Project

Party Animal House at the Heidelberg Project
Originally uploaded by Derek Farr ( DetroitDerek )

pictures are a great way to help students understand the world of figurative language vs. literal langauge.

Do you feel like a failure?

I think that this teacher is exactly right about the way she helped her student teacher. Some times learning form our mistakes is the best way to really learn something. I feel that way with my students sometimes. They need to make mistakes and then be able to ask for help and work through their frustrations so that they will really own their work. This is true also for my 20 month old Daughter. She is so eager to do things on her own and determined to be independent. When it is appropriate to let her try something alone and she fails she always turns around to look for mommy and daddy to help her. By letting her realize her limits on her own terms we have less fight and more understanding of limits.



When Failure is the Best Option

Need some pep in your step?

Here is a web site that I found to be a fast way to et my ideas flowing for new things to update my centers. There are many ideas and links that revolve around the calender, holidays and themes to go with each month.

Kindercritters

What moves U?

MathMovesU


This is a fun site that would be a great way to have our students practice math facts. I will not be able to use this with my students because they are too young but if you have students or children who are in 6th grade or above it is worth a try. There are games and polls and there is a variety of topics that will be of interest to all types of students. I liked the Rock and Roll studio and of course the traveling page. Each page offers a choice of topics: games, polls, quizzes, flashcards and facts. Plus you get to choose a character who will explore the pages with you.