Retaining Knowledge through the Summer. My kids come to me in the fall remembering very little from the previous year. We spent three days on nouns at the beginning of the year. Three days! What strategies have you used or heard of to keep kids engaged through the summer and retain the knowledge and skills they need for the next grade? June 2, 2014. But, there are good and bad sides to it. Today is our last day of school.

Educational and inspirational thoughts from a teaching and learning mama of four. My four year old hopped up on my lap as I was previewing a documentary on autism for a graduate course I am teaching in the fall. I know all about kids and God.

Square Peg in a Round Hole. Follow Special Education Tools on WordPress. She is puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, lined with an enigma. As a teacher, I see it a lot. I have heard teachers say that they know.

This is a podcast I created for my CSE 696 class. It is an overview of a group discussion question that would take place in a group Moodle Forum. The discussion is for a unit on the Sun-Earth-Moon system and asks students to discuss what would happen to the Earth if the Moon one day disappeared. Integrating Multiple Intelligences in to Learning Activities. That can be printed out.