Category: Education
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Using Devices in Elementary Years
When you think of children in the classroom, it is likely that your mind turns to studious heads bent low over notebooks, textbooks and worksheet handouts. It is likely you think of children turning in handwritten assignments, and if they are very young, learning to read and write like you did as a child. It…
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Bringing Out The Best In Your Special Needs Students
Every student has the potential to succeed. But in a traditional classroom, it can be harder for students with special needs to tap into that potential. Special needs students’ success can be limited by the unique challenges they face. It can require a thoughtful effort from teachers to ensure that special needs students thrive in…
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How to Handle Bullying Situations In School
According to DoSomething.org, a whopping 3.2 million students are bullied each year. Most teachers want to help, but we can’t always prevent bullying situations from occurring, but we can be prepared to handle bullying properly when it does take place. Here are some tips to handle bullying situations involving your students: Responding to Acts…
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Bullying: Advice for Parents and Teachers
What is Bullying? Put simply, bullying is when one child picks on another child. Bullying is defined as any unwanted, aggressive behavior from one or more children, toward another child or children. Bullying is often not an isolated event, but rather is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated. Bullying can happen in various…
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Family Literacy Day
Every year on January 27, Canada celebrates Family Literary Day. This annual awareness event was created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1992 with the mission of spreading word about the importance of reading and engaging in literacy-related activities as a family. Literacy levels in Canada have become a serious issue. Here are some literacy…
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Wet Weather Tips For Bus Drivers
School bus drivers know better than anyone the special responsibilities they have on the road. Maneuvering a bus is a greater challenge than a car, and of course, with the precious cargo school bus drivers guard in their back seats, a bus driver bears a lot of responsibility.Add to that the hazards of driving in…
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Are Children Conceived in Winter More Likely to Develop Autism?
Expecting parents are always concerned with whether or not there is something they can do to ensure the health of their children. Recently, studies have turned toward the subject of autism, and whether or not the time of year when a child is conceived has any effect on its mental health at birth. There is…
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Preventing Bullying on the School Bus
About a third of students ages 12 to 18 in the United States reported being bullied, according to the Department of Education. Children who are bullied experience depression and anxiety, reduced self-esteem, changes to eating and sleeping patterns, and decreased academic achievement. But the negative impacts of bullying don’t stop there. Bystanders who witness bullying…
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Identifying Different Types of Learners
There are many different ways that people learn, and in any classroom, you are bound to encounter several students from each learning category. While one method of teaching may work very well for a certain type of learner, another type may not respond at all to what you try. As a new teacher, it is…
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The Good Teacher’s Guide
A child’s education is nothing without a quality teacher to provide it. But just what makes a good teacher? What are the characteristics that all teachers should strive toward in order to have the biggest influence on their students? Read on to learn all about the ways in which a teacher can go from being…