When I first wrote about using Hexagonal Thinking to help students explore the 10 Dimensions of Wellness, I shared how powerful it was to see them physically (or digitally) connecting concepts together. The beauty of the hexagon activity lies in the way students can literally move ideas around, discovering new links and debating which connections …
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According to an article from Edutopia; Brain Breaks are “planned learning activity shifts that mobilize different networks of the brain.” (Willis 2016) A while back I was scrolling through social media posts and saw a response from Andy Milne. He suggested that brain breaks should be called brain boosts. This perspective helped me see a …
I want to start out by sharing that I am by no means an expert on the topic of sketchnotes and visual note-taking. However, if you are anything like me and are constantly looking for new strategies to try with your students then sketchnotes might be worth a try. For several years I’ve tried to …
In my health classes I teach about stress relief. After having 3 children of my own, I realized that I needed to practice what I preach. I needed something for me, something to help relief stress. The first thing I started doing was origami. I did teach this practice in my health classes. It was …
I am delighted that this week's #slowchathealth blog post comes from someone who has had a tremendous influence on my teaching, and yet I still have not met him in person. Mike Kuczala & Traci Lengel's The Kinesthetic Classroom: Teaching and Learning Through Movement shaped my professional goal for the 2015/16 school year and encouraged me …
I've blogged previously about my journey towards incorporating more movement into my #healthed classroom and 18 months on I find myself in a position in which this has become my natural teaching style. From walk and talks to kinesthetic word webs to altering the state of the room (different desk layout or use of music) …
This is a great time of year for teachers to set goals, commitments, or even a word of the year. Irrespective of the method that you choose, finding ways in which to improve your teaching can only be a good thing. I've blogged, and even podcasted about how I set professional goals at the start …
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