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Principals are starting School-Wide wellness programs that are fun for teachers, students and even parents to participate in.

Many schools weave fitness and health awareness programs into their curriculum. Those programs help to unite the schools, and they often help create a culture of wellness throughout the community. Included: Principals share the programs that are building fitness, health, and nutrition awareness in their schools.

Many schools weave fitness and health awareness programs into their curriculum. Those programs help to unite the schools, and they often help create a culture of wellness throughout the community. Read more...

Mindful Practices brings a student-centered and culturally relevant approach to yoga and wellness education. The organization features educators, social workers, dancers and administrators who display versatility in their approach to engaging teachers, students and communities from all walks of life. Mindful Practices offers extensive and engaging programming for school districts, such as recess, after school and social-emotional learning programs, and professional development workshops.

Description: The students will utilize Lego Mindstorm to move a cube from one place to another by constructing a driving base, programing the driving base on a computer through the Lego EV3 Mindstorm software, downloading the program to the onboard computer on the driving base, testing the program to see of the cube is relocated to the proper location, and then modifying the programing to see if they can move size cube to other various locations.

Gifted ed is not a well-funded program in our district, so I found this for tips and insight...both educationally and as a referral source for parents/parenting.

This would be a fun program to use for projects.

To learn about iCivics availability in South Dakota, contact the South Dakota State Bar. It's a great program.

Shares information provided by the American Heart Association focusing on material and programs that are available to schools to enhance healthy heart awareness.

This is an article describing how to raise student interest in reading for fun or leisure.

Despite schools focus on reading, many students still are not reading independently or for pleasure. A program developed by a college professor stresses hooking students on reading by introducing them to challenging subject matter that interests them. Included: A description of a comprehensive reading program.

Dig into Mining is an interactive program for grades 6-8 that spotlights the value and uses of transition metals including copper, gold and molybdenum and fosters a deeper understanding of the mining industry by equipping educators, students and families with dynamic resources including a virtual field trip, interactive digital learning tools and career exploration activities.

The TOEFL is not an easy exam to study for and pass, much less in a month. Dedication, however, and hard work can make it possible for you to go through an accelerated program such as the following one.

Back before there were televisions and computers, there was radio. Families of the 1930s and 1940s would gather around the radio and listen to their favorite programs such as Little Orphan Annie, Amos and Andy, The Guiding Light, and The Shadow.

Free computer courses and tutorials from Home and Learn. We currently have Micorsoft Word, Excel spreadsheets, Visual Basic .NET programming for beginners, Beginners PHP, Web Design, and Javascript lessons.

It is a program site for the association of childhood apraxia. A very good site for information.

Wow, lots of fun stuff. Also ways to acquire ideas for the classroom. Prices are not too bad.

I've seen a lot of hubbub lately touting the teaching of reading at an increasingly early age. First, there was a commercial for a program claiming it could teach your baby to read. Then, I saw an ad for a school whose biggest selling point (according to the ad) was that their school can have your child reading before kindergarten.

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Is this a good idea, or are we setting up students for failure?

At first thought, teaching yoga to a high-risk school population might seem as incongruous as recruiting the chess team for Sumo wrestling. Pre-K students practice their yoga poses. And while neither may sound like a good match, the principal of Jefferson Elementary School in Berwyn, Illinois, is crediting a school-wide yoga program for improving school climate, test scores and student behavior.