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Math Stations: “Shaping” Small Minds
For years, the mechanics of reading and math have been called the “hard skills”. The “hard skills” have been the emphasis of education for so many years. Because they can be taught, memorized, tested, and retested until mast [...]
5 Ways to Use ACTION DigitDrop Pins
As a teacher, sometimes you see something and immediately know that you want it for your classroom. It’s not a necessity, but you know it will make your job easier. Other times, you are out and about, run across something, and you know you need it! The AC [...]
Explorations in Coding with Botley, Part 1
This school year, I’m teaching an enrichment course as an alternative to our extended lunch program. In the course, which meets once a week for eight weeks, I’ll introduce eight PreK students to coding using the amazing coding robot, Botley. The clas [...]
Explorations in Coding with Botley, Part 2
“I think everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teache [...]
