Hi everyone. My name is Roxanne Wright and this is my education blog. I am a 22 year old licensed preschool teacher, who is currently studying Elementary Education and Theater in college. I have worked as an Arts & Crafts Director, Children's Theater Director, and an Environmental Educator. This blog is full of my educational dreams, inspirations, and tips. I would love advice from parents and educators so I can one day become the world's best teacher. Thank you so much.
~Roxanne Wright
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My girl Lula with her loyal companion Chewie and her friends Naomi, Sasha, and Jibrail in front of their Good Builders Club. Good friends who work on building projects together. They even have a song:http://www.supertoollula.com/good-builders-club/
Goldie Blox!
Debbie, a female in the male-dominated world of engineering, was bothered by the lack of women in her field. So she decided to do something so wonderful for little girls everywhere, it brought tears to my eyes (don’t judge me).
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Great Idea: Make your own Guess Who! Can do with photos of celebrities, historical figures, friends, politicians, etc.
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HHere’s a game I picked up from a really old dusty teacher’s book I found a few years ago.
Make sure every students in the class has three small pieces of paper. On one they should put a name, age and occupation (although they can choose children or animals.) On the second they should put a location. On the third they should put a problem or event, for instance winning an award or accidentally eating a fly.
Put the pieces of paper into three different containers and get the students into groups of 4.
The teacher should pull one piece of paper from each container and discuss if it works as a story.
One student from each group should come and take two pieces of paper from each container, without reading them. They then sit down as a group and see if they can make a scenario out of them. They only have to use three pieces of paper (one from each category) but can incorporate other pieces of paper if the like.
Have a one minute window where if they are really stuck they can swap one piece of paper.
Students then improvise these scenarios, adding extra characters if needed.
They can then be made into either short dramas, or used as a basis for creative writing, using the problem or issue as the climax of the story.
This would be such a great art/athletic activity to do in a classroom. It also would just be fun to do in general.
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