Kathie Nunley's Educator's Newsletter
Friday, October 16, 2009
Dr Kathie Nunley's Educator's Newsletter
---mid-October '09 Edition--- (current subscribers: 21,687)
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News and updates to Kathie Nunley's Layered Curriculum®
http://Help4Teachers.com
http://brains.org
You can subscribe to this newsletter at: http://help4teachers.com/
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--------SECTION ONE: TEACHING TIPS ------
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Teacher Tip # 1: To help combat the "code of silence" with adolescents,
install a small mailbox outside your school psychologist's office marked
"Someone Needs Help". Allow students to drop anonymous notes regarding
problems and issues that may need adult intervention. Help students see the
difference between snitching and seeking help.
Teacher Tip # 2: Keep spare, clean "hoodies" in your elementary classroom
for kids who may have forgotten a coat today.
Send your favorite teaching tip to me at Kathie@brains.org
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------SECTION TWO: HOT TOPICS in Neuro & Educational Psychology------
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HOT TOPIC # 1: Pre-K students who have more play time do better in
both academic outcomes and performance throughout their later school
years. Why is play, particularly social pretend play, so important? It helps
to develop "Executive Function" (EF). Current research has found that EF
is more important for school readiness than vocabulary and IQ. In fact,
EF is the most predictive factor of school success. Leading researcher, Adele
Diamond says "Improving EF skills in preschool would actual reduce the
academic disparity seen now between SES classes, by improving both reading
and math." EF skill can be improved in pre-K programs by using social
pretend play to increase a child's ability to inhibit internal and external distractions.
Play and story telling can also be used to develop strong working memory, which
will be used for things that unfold over time, such as reading and mental math.
Working memory and inhibition strategies work together to become
"Executive Function". Dr Adele Diamond, "Strategies and Programs that Help to
Improve Executive Functions in Young Children. APA conference,
August 7, 2009 Toronto
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------SECTION THREE: WEBSITE & SOCIAL NETWORKING UPDATES------
at HELP4TEACHERS.COM and BRAINS.ORG
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=>New VIDEO Tips and Hot Topics have been posted:
"Early Readers vs Late Readers -
http://www.youtube.com/
"The Two Brain Regions involved in ADD"
http://www.youtube.com/
"The Importance of Play"
http://www.youtube.com/
You can see all my video tips and hot topics including the new
one on "Code of Silence" which will be posted this Sunday at:
http://youtube.com/brainsorg
Seen last week on Twitter:
"Parent-Teacher Conferences went well. Everyone seemed to be
receptive to Layered Curriculum, and its potential for their kids,pretty cool!!! "
Thanks for "tweeting" about Layered Curriculum! I try to watch for your tweet
questions and respond to them. I'm also posting teaching tips several times
a week. You can follow me at http://twitter.com/
I posted photos from our work earlier this month on the set of ABC's Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition. Now that was fun!
=== Layered Curriculum® Text and Workbook Sets. (special pricing) are
always available at the either help4teachers.com or the brains.org shop:
We appreciate your business. http://www.brains.org/store
===We've added a deluxe version of the individual Layered Curriculum® study kit.
Available at: http://help4teachers.com/
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It's snowing!! It's only mid-October and it's snowing.....how can this be???
My favorite part of living in New England is that we don't get winter until
the calendar declares winter officially in late December. Mid-October is
supposed to be sunshine, pretty colors, apple picking, honey harvest, etc,
etc. If I wanted to see snow in October, I would have stayed in Utah. Oh
well, here comes winter, ready or not.
I'll be heading out on the road in a week to revisit Allegan, Michigan and
Toronto, Ontario. I always enjoy my visits to both Michigan and Ontario
and am anxious to see what they are doing with Layered Curriculum®.
I've got new workshops in the making for Idaho, Ohio, and Ontario. As soon
as details are worked out, I update my calendar, so check there if you are
trying to find a workshop in your area. http://help4teachers.com/
school next year, I have a couple slots still open on my Spring 2010 calendar
and my Summer and Fall 2010 calendars are now open. You can get
information at: http://help4teachers.com/
brochure.
As always, my best to you and yours,
Kathie
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Email: kathie@brains.org
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