7 Ways to Boost Kids Emotional Intelligence

Dr. Michele Borba provides 7 ways to enhance children's abilities to read nonverbal messages thereby helping them to fit in and handle everyday life situations.  Check out her article 7 Ways to Boost Kids Emotional Intelligence.

http://micheleborba.com/blog/the-emotional-iq-deficit-110-kids-unable-to-read-nonverbal-cues-why-its-a-big-deal/

Innovation Journey

I love this infographic!

https://twitter.com/bashaierk/status/622366793739284480/photo/1

5 Characteristics of an Effective School Team

5 Characteristics of an Effective School Team

Why does an effective school team matter?

• retaining and sustaining teachers
• learning from one another and more!  

Aguilar of Edutopia explains why they matter and shares 5 Characteristics of an Effective School Team.

Fostering Resilience and Grit

Edutopia shares Resilience and Grit: Resource Round Up on topics including nurturing resilience, fostering grit, teaching growth mindset, managing stress, learning from failure, and responding to trauma and tragedy.

Edutopia

What is Summer Reading Loss?

Prevent the reading slide that can occur when young minds sit idle during the summer months. Reading Is Fundamental indicates that such reading loss is cumulative (http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/summer-reading-slide.htm).  Incorporate reading into your activities!



YouTube

37 Ways to Help Kids Learn to Love Reading!

• Share your interests
• Use funny voices
• Read items other than just books
• Create a movie or a poster

Edutopia presents 37 Ways to Help Kids Learn to Love Reading that can easily be done at home and in the classroom!

http://www.edutopia.org/discussion/37-ways-help-kids-learn-love-reading?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=052715%20enews%20summreads%20ngm%20remainder&utm_content=&utm_term=fea3hed&spMailingID=11487392&spUserID=ODIzNzExNzg4NDAS1&spJobID=541804031&spReportId=NTQxODA0MDMxS0

Writing Strategies for Students with ADHD

Tracy Collins from Edutopia in her article  Writing Strategies for Students with ADHD provides several writing strategies to support students with ADHD. Her suggestions address the following:

• difficulty concentrating on the assignment
• difficulty organizing thoughts on paper
• difficulty with sustained work on a single task
• difficulty in meeting deadlines
• spelling issues
• final editing issues

http://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2012/06/20/82-summer-activities-for-families-with-special-needs/