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Montessori Materials Used to Teach Writing to Montessori Preschool Students

Andrea Coventry
Categories : Preschool teaching strategies, advice & tips

When Maria Montessori developed her language curriculum, she developed a few materials that also help teach the child how to write. Sandpaper letters …

P.I.E. - Perform, Investigate, Envision Reading Technique for Teaching Kindergarten

Donna Clarke
Categories : Tips & strategies for teaching grade school

Reading can be a wondrous journey into unknown worlds. It is filled with unique challenges of new letter combinations, words, tenses, and uses. …

Play Pass the Hat in Class to Generate Class Discussion: An Excellent Game for the High School English Class

Jessica Cook
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

If you want your students to participate in class discussion, try this teaching tip. Instead of looking out at a sea of blank stares from silent …

Respiratory System Lesson Plans

Kathy Foust
Categories : Lesson plans for middle school science

Teach students about lung capacity. Students have fun while learning about the respiratory system first hand.

Skeletal System Lesson Plans

Kathy Foust
Categories : Lesson plans for middle school science

Create interest in science for your students by using skeletal system lesson plans that ask the students to take a look at their own systems. This …

Study Guide: Adding Exponents

Keren Perles
Categories : Help with math homework

Adding and subtracting exponents can seem tricky, but this study guide will help you figure out how to do it correctly.

Teach Students to Write Scary Poems Using Onomatopoeia and More

Kellie Hayden
Categories : English lesson plans for middle school

Use digital photos from common every day things, such as bugs, spiders, animals, etc. in this lesson. Use the photos included in the lesson or ask …

Teaching Imagery in Short Stories: Three Examples of Short Stories with Imagery

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Are your students having a hard time grasping concepts of imagery? Use these short stories as excellent examples of imagery.

Teaching Problem Solving Ratios in Gifted Education

Barbara
Categories : Tips & strategies for teaching the gifted student

Gifted students may be the best problem-solvers in your math classroom or the ones who will assert that they are just not into math. Either way, …

Tender Russian Phrases: Terms of Endearment: Sayings for Valentine's Day or Any Other Day

allychevalier
Categories : Miscellaneous language lessons

Is your lady love from Moscow? Maybe not, but it might be useful to know some Russian love phrases anyway—stranger tidbits of knowledge have come in …