Education, Teaching Methods & Materials
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The MYndful Movement Program
Your Complete Guide to Mindfulness in the Classroom Grade 1-6 & Grade 7-12 Stand-Alone Activities 8-Week Programs MYndfulness of Breath, Body & Mind by Deb Taylor
The MYndful MovementTM (MYM) Program is an easy-to-follow curriculum for elementary and high school educators. No experience in mindfulness is necessary to guide your students in these engaging activities. Take your group through a regular...
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Life, Liberty, and Happiness
Oedipus Rex and Plato at the Crossroads by Marlin Roehl
Greek drama is as relevant today as ever—it is high energy and archetypal. Dramatic arts motivate and engage students kinaesthetically, visually, and linguistically, and Greek drama provides a rich framework for language arts and comparative...
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Noyes Notes…on Transposition
A Transposition Method for Wind Musicians by Randal C. Noyes
Transposition. What is it? How do you do it? Why and when does a musician need it? How do you get started learning it? In Noyes Notes…on Transposition, trumpeter, music educator, and technical writer Randal C. Noyes uses simple, concise language...
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Mount A Teaches
by Louise Wasylkiw
Mount Allison University has consistently been ranked among the leading undergraduate universities in Canada over the last two decades. How does a small-town university with a population of just 2,500 students achieve such outstanding successes...
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Dodecabus: A New Kind of Math Puzzle
by Robert J. Rothwell
Dodecabus: A New Kind of Math Puzzle. Looking for some fun puzzles / brain exercise? Want to brush up on your basic math skills? Interested in elementary number theory? Enjoy the challenge of deceptively easy problems? Then, this new Math Puzzle...
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Mindfulness Based Art
The SPARKS Guide for Educators and Counselors by Margaret Jones Callahan
In Mindfulness-Based Art: The SPARKS Guide for Educators and Counselors, art therapist Margaret Jones Callahan offers step-by-step instructions on bringing Mindfulness into the art studio, counselor’s office, or classroom. Here, you discover the...
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Beyond Dodgeball
36 Variations that Outperform the Timeless Classic by David Bueti
Beyond Dodgeball: 36 Variations that Outperform the Timeless Classic promises your classes will be jammed with non-stop, sweat-pouring, heart-pounding action. Developed in over a decade of dodgeball experiences, the unique games and specialized...
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Dynamic Dialogues
Dramatic Role-plays for the ESL Classroom by Melee Hutton
Thirty years of theatre experience and ten years of teaching ESL has equipped Melee Hutton with the vision and expertise to create an innovative approach to English as a Second Language instruction. Using twenty distinct and imaginative scenarios...
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The Math Olympian
by Richard Hoshino
BETHANY MACDONALD HAS TRAINED SIX LONG YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT. SHE’LL TRY TO SOLVE FIVE QUESTIONS IN THREE HOURS, FOR ONE IMPROBABLE DREAM. THE DREAM OF REPRESENTING HER COUNTRY, AND BECOMING A MATH OLYMPIAN. As a small-town girl in Nova Scotia...
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Using the Creative Arts for Transformational Learning
by Tessa Mendel
“Weaving together theory, personal experience and a deep knowledge of the power of Art to transform individuals and communities, Mendel has written a comprehensive and accessible book that fills the meaning and how-to gap skirted by much of the...
