Vocabulary Memory Tip

April 26, 2010

Learning the meanings of new vocabulary words often stress kids out!  Make it easy on them.  Try making an association or rhyme and drawing a little picture to illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words. Kinesthetic learners need to act out the words in order to remember.  Not sure which learning [...]

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Why I Wrote Thought for the Day

April 8, 2010

I love inspiring children to write.  During my years in the classroom, I began every morning with an inspiring “Thought for the Day.”  Students wrote a short paragraph as a journal entry.  The thought for the day was either a quotation or saying that stimulated their thinking skills.  The best part was watching them write [...]

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Memory Joggers Has a New Look

April 1, 2010

Yes, our website has been revamped and updated!  Looks great doesn’t it?  I think you will find not only outstanding products but lots of helpful memory tips in all subject areas. Read my blogs. We also are debuting two new books; No More Counting on Fingers and the Kid’s Writing Journal.
I’ll be sending out a monthly [...]

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Sticky Gum

February 23, 2010

I ran across this silly video and thought it demonstrates how learning takes place with audio and kinesthetic learners. As you know, audio learners must speak or sing the information aloud to remember it.  Kinesthetic learners need to get their bodies involved and moving. When I teach zero times any number, I use this same [...]

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Improve Math Scores in 30 Days!

February 22, 2010

Wow!  That’s a bold claim!  But it’s true.  There are two math subject areas that MUST be memorized or children will suffer all of their lives… addition/subtraction facts and multiplication/division facts. Picture this; your child is taking a math test with word problems and they understand the mathematical procedure of what to do, but as [...]

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