As if the Habit of Mind Animations weren’t already exciting and fun enough for our elementary school students, we can now increase the fun-to-learn factor by adding this enrichment activity. Because there is direct correlation between children’s fine motor skills, their ability to persist, and overall achievement abilities (Stoeger and Ziegler; 2013) this is the…
Month: March 2019
By: Sandra Christensen Brace As an enthusiastic practitioner of the Habits of Mind for more than 15 years, I have taught the habit of ‘persisting’ at all levels, and to a variety of student populations. For all learners, it’s a skill that is best taught through experience and reflection. Young students need to experience what…
The challenge of teaching the Habits of Mind to very young students isn’t the language involved – children love the vocabulary, because they love anything that makes them feel like briefcase carrying grown-ups. The challenge lies in ingraining the meaning of the words. This is always going to be tough, because attributes like “managing impulsivity”…
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