Welcome Back to TKG Book Club! This is an on-going now and then series… We are reading CREATIVE SCHOOLS by Ken Robinson & Lou Aronica . Buy the book via our SMILE link on our website: http://www.knowinggarden.dreamhosters.com. Thursday 11 Feb at 6:30pm The event is open to our entire community …
“I think you cannot mess up art.” – Harriette Wardwell What an exciting week! We have had our first official parent teachers in the classroom, we are becoming more and more independent, our caterpillars arrived, we made our own playdough and then created apples for our backyard plans. The playdough …
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 …
“I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.” ― Chief Joseph Happy Thanksgiving.We hope you have had fun, adventure, love and gratitude this holiday. The season brings us much to be thankful for. We are so thankful for you – our extended family. …
Here is a new Parent-Teacher resource to add to your tool box: Some elementary school students may have a limited understanding of the brain and how it functions, believing it to be something like “a container for storing memories and facts.” Brain function and development are important values at TKG …
“Sometimes you just have to jump…and grow wings on the way down.” ― Ray Bradbury Thank you for such a beautiful teacher appreciation week! This morning, as I was reading my square green book filled with love again, I had the rare fortune of seeing two geese migrating north. As they were honking …
by Annie Murhpy Paul/The Brilliant Blog The best way to remember facts might be to set them to music. Medical students, for example, have long used rhymes and songs to help them master vast quantities of information, and we’ve just gotten fresh evidence of how effective this strategy can be. …
From The Brilliant Report: How To Give Good Feedback Monday, March 18, 2013 When effectively administered, feedback is a powerful way to build knowledge and skills, increase motivation, and develop reflective habits of mind in students and employees. Too often, however, the feedback we give (and get) is ineffectual or …
