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Imaginative Literacy Program

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Imaginative Literacy Program Imaginative Literacy Program

This website describes and gives many examples of a new approach to teaching literacy. What is new about this approach is tied up with the ways it uses feelings and images, metaphors and jokes, rhyme and rhythm, stories and wonder, heroes and the exotic, hopes, fears, and passions, hobbies and collecting, and much else in engaging the imaginations of both teachers and learners with literacy. That is, it isn’t just that we use such tools for teaching and learning literacy, but we do so in a new and systematic way.- Imaginative Literacy Program Website, http://www.ierg.net/ilp/ Imaginative Literacy Program2

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Heart-Mind 2013

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Photo Credit: Heart-Mind 2013

This year’s Heart-Mind conference was centered around the theme of mindfulness and how it helps children thrive.  An impressive list of speakers included Kimberly Schonert-Reichl, Adele Diamond, Shawn Anchor, and Goldie Hawn (just to name a few!).

As listed on the Heart-Mind website,  Specific topics included:

  • How children can effectively manage stress and anxiety
  • The many ways that mindfulness can have a positive influence on child development
  • Practical applications of mindfulness in education
  • The science behind mindfulness
  • How parents and educators can prepare for the challenges they face everyday

For the videos of each speaker click HERE

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Project Happiness Curriculum and Empathy

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Building Social and Emotional Skills in Elementary Students: Empathy

A 7 part blog series exploring social and emotional learning.

Photo Credit: istockphoto

Photo Credit: istockphoto

Click HERE for the Edutopia post.

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