You can have big dreams and high expectations when it comes to having your students complete projects. But if they lack the skills necessary to...
The dedication to get an education displayed by these young teens is amazing!
How do you get to school? Do you walk , ride a bike or take...
Happy 200th Birthday to The Star Spangled Banner! September 14, 2014, is the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's writing of the poem which...
Here is a possible bell-ringing activity:
Albert Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." What do you think...
This past summer, I had the opportunity to attend Confratute, a week-long gifted education training at the University of Connecticut. On the final...
Selfies--everyone seems to be taking them these days…even monkeys. And, a big legal fight is going on over just WHO owns a particular monkey selfie...
I had an experience this past school year that really got me thinking about whether the curriculum I was using was adequate to teach my gifted...
Students have always asked me..."Why do we have to learn this stuff about ancient Greeks or the Middle Ages?" My answer: Much of what we have today...
Need a few minutes to collect homework, do attendance, etc.? Bell ringers are always a great use of time, especially when they involve topics in the...
I’d like you to try the following exercise. Write these four words on a piece of paper: Write Draw Perform Build
Now, rank them in order of...
Ideas are all around us waiting for us to notice them. I never thought when I took a photograph of a 1690 building in Lincoln's Inn Field, London,...
The school year is around the corner. I have found that students enjoy doing webquests. Perhaps you will find these of value. Grades 4 and up.
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I visited England in May and found an unusual shop near Lincoln's Inn Fields (London). Called the Silver Mousetrap, it dates back to 1690. I...
“I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.” --Albert Einstein
As a former journalist, I can tell...
Summer Reading Tips
I have just completed my first three summer reading books that I can endorse for Art, History, French, and English faculty...
Should students be given compensation when testing for gifted programs?In other words, should students from low-income families or families that...
I simply didnt see it.While I didnt actually instruct the boy, I had spent some time with him, when administering standardized tests, helping out...
We all have a nose but what do you really know about the nose?Did you know your eyes can see your nose at all times, but the brain tends to ignore it...
AP Art History Course Next YearI am proud to be teaching APAH next year and have 24 students already enrolled in this course of arts, ideals, patrons...
Almost 50 billion(yes BILLION) plastic water bottles are thrown away each year! An edible gelatinous balloon may be just the answer to this growing...