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Growth mindset for kids has been buzzing like a swarm of bees through the education field in the last couple of years. If you are familiar with or have training in this area, you already understand its potential to change students’ lives…
Like many lessons that help students develop as learners, growth mindset is one of those concepts that lends itself to teaching many times throughout the year. It’s not a “one and done” concept. That’s why I…
Here’s some real talk about my experience using S.T.E.M in the classroom. When I am coordinating S.T.E.M. curriculum for grades 1-5, I observe many students exploring the S.T.E.M process who are truly engaged with hands-on learning. For the most part…
Since students get so hooked on the book Wonder, my primary focus is to use the events in Wonder to teach important growth-mindset principles. I teach many reading standards while we read this book, but I feel like those are secondary to the valuable life lessons kids can learn from the characters and events in Wonder…