Category: Constructivist Learning

TKG LISTEN: The “Real World” Struggles With Evaluation, Schools Struggle With Report Cards – Isn’t There A Better Way?

Behold The Entrenched — And Reviled — Annual Review By YUKI NOGUCHI/NPR Our progress assessments focus on the individual’s evolution and personal goals.  At least three times each year, you hear from your teacher about your student’s discreet skills as well as their whole child well-being.  Straight-forward development benchmarks coupled with …

TKG KNOW: Kids Get Enough Tech Outside of School—Shouldn’t the Classroom Offer Them Something Different?

Whole Child & Family Resource Each week, in our weekly newsletter to parents, we offer information, resources, thought-provoking articles to help us keep our neurons firing. This article, was selected to focus our attention on how much screen we want in the classroom. At TKG, we understand that technology has a …

TKG KNOW: The Four Secrets of Playtime That Foster Creative Kids

PT RESOURCE: Support the Four Foundational Pillars of Play/Fast Co. When children play, design, explore, learn in at TKG – they need our support though environmental design and collaboration.  These four pieces help scaffold the constructivist learning model: open environment – An open environment is not the same as an enriched one: being open …

TKG Listen: Mental Healthiness Seminar Intro with Dr. Joseph Lee – Sept 17

TKG COMMUNITY WORKSHOP – Open to all South Bay Community! Wednesday, September 17, 2014 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Dr. Lee’s Office 149 Palos Verdes Blvd Suite B Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Dr. Joseph Lee will lead us through an introductory workshop on Mental Healthiness that aligns with the …