The curriculum is one of the ‘4 corners of Calder’ through which we aim to meet the vision of The Calder Learning Trust. We intend to equip our students with the skills, resilience and confidence to achieve excellence in academic, creative and sporting activities and to develop their cultural appreciation and acceptance, so they are ready to succeed in an ever-changing world.
From EYFS to Key Stage 3, students learn and develop the basic skills, knowledge, concepts and values that will support them as they move through and beyond the primary phase and into secondary. Students follow the EYFS and National Curriculum and staff provide topical, high quality experiences that allow children to investigate, challenge, consolidate and apply their learning. Opportunities are given across academic subjects, the arts, technology and PE for pupils to practise and build upon prior learning so that key concepts become embedded into long term memory. Links are made across the curriculum to ensure transferable, real-life skills are taught, with reading at the heart of this, so that students can independently access the whole curriculum at an age-appropriate level.
Alongside our drive for quality first teaching and engaging lessons is a comprehensive personal development programme. This supports our students in building the confidence and courage needed as they move through the Key Stages and grow as individuals, ready for the next stage of their education. Our enrichment and extra-curricular programme augments the taught curriculum providing a richness of experience and engagement with our local community.
Across The Calder Learning Trust, we strive for everybody, everyday to be and do their very best and provide a curriculum that will help them to realise their dreams and aspirations, enabling them to become:
Successful learners who:
• Make good progress across the curriculum from their starting points
• Are able to use their Literacy and Numeracy skills effectively across the curriculum and in a range of practical contexts
• Are excellent communicators - verbally, in writing and through a range of media
• Are able and ready to think critically, ask questions and solve problems
• Have high aspirations and work hard to achieve their goals
Confident individuals who:
• Can work collaboratively with others because they are ready to listen and to contribute
• Are positive about learning, engaging in and taking responsibility for it
• Are resilient, reflective and responsive
• Are aware of their own strengths and weaknesses and listen and respond positively to feedback on how to improve their learning
Responsible citizens who:
• Have respect for all faiths, cultures and ethnicities
• Are aware of global issues and act locally to improve the world
• Have a strong sense of moral purpose
• Take responsibility for their own learning and actions
• Are aware of the rights of the child and understand that rights come with responsibilities


My students need 6 big books that they can read along with me in the classroom to facilitate print awareness and decoding skills.
Big books are an interactive way to get beginning readers involved and excited about learning to read. My students love reading along with me as I read from big books because it provides an opportunity for them to practice reading strategies with the support of their teacher and their peers.
The students at my school have been selected through a lottery system after their families have filled out an application to attend.
Many of the public schools in the surrounding area in which my school is located do not provide the students in the community with the education they deserve. However, at the school in which I work, our goal is to give all students the opportunity to reach their full potential. In my Kindergarten classroom, I have the most wonderful group of achievers who are so eager and excited to learn each day.
Through the use of these big books, I will be able to engage in more Shared Reading experiences with my students. Shared Reading is an essential component of literacy instruction that allows students to practice decoding and reading comprehension strategies with the support of the teacher and their peers before being expected to independently attempt the strategies in their own reading. Through the use of big books during Shared Reading, I can model specific reading strategies that I would like my students to eventually use in their own reading. My students can see first hand how strategies such as checking your picture to help you figure out a difficult word and looking through the whole word to the end. They can make predictions about the story which can aide in fluency and comprehension when reading any text. If my students are able to practice these strategies with me using a Big Book, it sets them up for greater success when reading independently.
I have already exhausted my Big Book supply in my classroom and if you support this project I will receive more Big Books for Shared Reading.
This will allow me to continue to help my students become better readers. Practice makes perfect and without these big books my students will not have the opportunity to thoroughly practice the skills that are so crucial to their success as readers!
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My students can’t make sense of their textbooks.
I sort of clued in to that last year, but the full weight of it is finally hitting me. Part of the problem is that I’ve never met an electronics textbook I liked — topics are always organized for memorizing rules, which means they’re backward for conceptual understanding. Also, they assume that students in an electronics course have mastered high school physics. It’s an entrance requirement, after all. Yes, they all passed that course, but to assume that they understood it is patent nonsense. So my displeasure with the textbook was obvious to last year’s students, who blamed their lack of comprehension on it being a “bad textbook,” and I ended up having to do damage control all year.
This year, I kept my complaints to myself. I realized that students needed some coaching on how a textbook is different from a novel or a newspaper, so I had a class on identifying structural elements, finding things in the glossary, knowing when to use the index vs. when to use the table of contents (most didn’t know the difference), etc. And that was helpful. We’re doing better at using the textbook like a dictionary, not a bedtime story. And once we got those obstacles out of the way, I started noticing a bunch of other things that had been hidden under them.
Most of my students can’t tell where specifically they got lost. Q: What did you find confusing about last night’s reading? A: All of it!
Most of my students have reading comprehension strategies. If they get lost while reading text that is about a familiar topic, they have ways to get unlost. I know this because I see them stopping, rereading, marking their books, etc. But they are unaware of their strategies, or don’t realize that those things help with comprehension. They do them sort of intuitively, without thinking about them, and can’t name them when asked. That means that when they read text that is about an unfamiliar topic, they can’t call on those strategies consciously, and so the whole text seems hopeless. Q: What can you do to help yourself figure out the meaning? A: Nothing!
Other broad issues are at play here: their unfamiliarity with self-assessment, the common assumption that learning is something that happens effortlessly to “smart” people, their shame at not knowing and tendency to hide the evidence. I’m slowly starting to learn how to deal with those too. But the reading baffled me.
This reading process by Chris Hill helped. I really like Mortimer Adler’s book How To Read A Book, and maybe I’ll adapt some of that material. I also learned a bunch from reading Cris Tovani’s book I Read It But I Don’t Get It. Readable, well-organized, persuasive, concrete… I loved this book. Unfortunately it is a giant catalogue of things I now realize I should be doing in my classroom, but was oblivious to. On practically every page I had a face-palm moment, recognizing my own students’ complaints in her anecdotes, and realizing, “oh, THAT’s what they’re doing.” Tovani got me thinking about great questions, and provided lots of example exercises or lesson plans that made sense to me:
- How to find your confusion
- How to deal with confusion when you find it
- How to mark text
- How to find a purpose when it seems like there’s no point
- How to make predictions that are not outlandish
And these ideas are not just about reading comprehension. I get the feeling they’re about comprehension in general; in other words, some of this material is about teaching critical thinking and intentional learning. Wrangling this stuff into a format I can use in class goes in the file of “summer projects”…


Job Summary :
As a design engineer you’re involved in the initial concept, design, development and management of projects in a range of sectors such as construction and the built environment, materials, software, components, machinery and vehicles.
To succeed you’ll need strong technical knowledge, as well as problem solving, communication, leadership and project management skills.
Depending on their specialist area, design engineers may also be known as CAD engineers, consulting engineers and product design engineers.
Roles & Responsibility :
- Liaise with clients to identify their requirements.
- Investigate and undertake analysis on how to improve existing projects or components.
- Summarise scientific and engineering principles in an easy to understand manner.
- Write technical reports to summarise findings.
- Cover the concept, specification, tender and development of new projects or components.
- Design the aesthetics, materials and functionality of components.
- Undertake model making, prototyping and product testing.
- Identify new systems and processes to drive quality, efficiency and save costs.
- Communicate effectively with the clients, colleagues and contractors involved in a project.
- Plan effectively to ensure projects are delivered on time, to standard and to budget.
Required Qualification / Desired Skill :
- Bachelor’s degree in Automobile/Automotive Engineering.
- Subject specific technical knowledge and commercial awareness of your area of engineering.
- An eye for detail and a methodical work process.
- IT and CAD knowledge.
- Analytical and numeracy skills.
- Creative problem solving ability.
- Ability to work in a team & effective communication to liaise with team members, clients, contractors and others involved in the design process.
- Leadership and negotiation skills.
- Written communication and the ability to write reports
- Time management, organisation, and the ability to work to deadlines.
- A flexible approach to work and the ability to adapt to change.
- A driven, self-motivated attitude and the ability to use initiative.


“Music is what people do”
Listening, dancing, singing, song writing, discussing an album, playing, visiting a concert, reading your favourite band’s blog – Music is what people do.
Music is a central activity in peoples’ lives. Music is a way of dealing with the world that cannot be replaced by any other. This is why music is part of school education in many countries.
At the 28th EAS Conference in Freiburg we want to discuss vital questions connected to our conference theme “Music is what people do”:
- What rolesdoes music play in society?
- What arethe educational consequences of an understanding of music as a practice?
- How can music education support the rich musical diversity of our times?
- How can music education connect with learners’ expertise in music?
- How can music in school offer all learners new ways of approaching music?


Author(s): Anne Walter
An accessible introduction to modern languages, these billingual readers retell the best loved fairy tales with parallel text in English and French. A picture book design supports simple, accessible text with just a few lines of text on each double page. Extra features include a handy word glossary at the back with key words or phrases from the story.The books would serve equally well to a native French child with English as a second or other language as well as literacy and comprehension teaching. The stories are told in 400 words and aimed at 5-7 year olds.
Anne Walter is an expert on young children's fairy tales and she has written many adaptations for Franklin Watts for primary school age children. She is adept at short, accessible texts for reluctant and struggling readers and has a great undertanding of the literacy needs of young children. She frequents schools and libraries to promote her work and literacy development more generally.


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Homeschool worksheets are a vital part of the student’s homeschool experience. They allow the child to test his or her knowledge, and they offer them a practical application for their learning. Worksheets also, when used properly, provide both the students and parent / tutor immediate feedback as to the child’s progress. This means they can be used to point out areas where the student needs further reinforcement.
Homeschool worksheets fortunately will not over-tax your budget. There are many places where you can get them at extremely low costs. In fact, several websites offer printable worksheets for free.You can find worksheets for a wide range of courses–almost any course you want to teach your children. These include spelling, writing, English, history, math, music, geography, and others. They’re also available for nearly all grade levels. There are printable middle school, high school, elementary school, and even pre-school worksheets.
If education is your goal, you may want a set of worksheets designed to teach your child all of the basic skills they will need for school.
Another thing to look out for is what the pupil will need to solve the worksheets? Does the worksheet require the use of crayons? Does it require other things like a pair of scissors, glue and so on?Before you buy worksheets, make sure to check if they have been created to suit the geographical location that you reside in. The language and usage of words differs from country to country. It is no point buying a worksheet which is designed for children in the US for children residing in India. Also see if the worksheets involve just one way of teaching or multiple ways. Do the worksheets involve short assessments? Does it have some activity built in; does it involve elements from the child’s surroundings?
There are numerous online resources that offer online worksheets that you can download and use for your children’s homeschooling for free. They cover practically all subjects under the sun. Different homeschool worksheets are available that are suitable for all types of curriculums, and they can help enhance what you are teaching.Aside from helping you assess your child’s comprehension of a subject matter, printable home school worksheets also provide something for your child to do while you work on other things. This means that you can be free to run your home while teaching your child at the same time, because the worksheet simplifies the homeschooling job for you.
2. Know the author’s background. This person needs to have a background in education and, ideally, should be trained in the latest educational methods, like brain-based teaching/learning. I personally would never use any materials with my child that didn’t specifically mention being ”brain-based.” I am not talking about just ”research-based.” I see more and more sites claiming to have research-based materials, but what I find is definitely NOT based on how the brains actually learns. Brain-based learning is relatively new in the educational world, but most worksheet sites and materials are using old science or, more often, no science at all.
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What Should We Teach in Kindergarten?
"Given that all children benefit from more exposure to advanced content, it is important to consider what “advanced” means for kindergarten students. In mathematics, the items in our measure of advanced content cover topics such as addition and subtraction, place value, and ordinality. In reading, students benefit from phonics instruction, reading aloud or silently, and working on reading comprehension. In contrast, basic content in mathematics includes counting out loud, identifying relative quantity, and sorting into subgroups. Basic content in reading includes alphabet recognition, writing the letters of the alphabet, and writing one’s own name."Children do step up to challenges and stagnation does not equal progress. Given the right circumstances, children can learn even topics that are conventionally regarded as far too complex. Take the theory of natural selection as an example. It is a difficult concept to grasp even for adults. But the difficulty may just be due to the fact that it took a long time before this theory was taught that students had already developed wrong notions about evolution. Thus, teaching this topic in high school requires not only introducing something new, but also correcting misconceptions. And intervention is usually much more difficult, if not impossible. Researchers at Boston University and the University of Toronto have recently shown that "YOUNG CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT BASIC NATURAL SELECTION":
RealClearEducation describes the above research in simpler terms:
Researchers tested children aged 5 through 8. Kids heard a story about pilosas, fictional animals whose survival was threatened when their food source, insects, started to live below ground in deep, narrow tunnels. Pilosas have trunks which might be wide or narrow. The story went on to explain that in successive generations, trunks became less variable, as pilosas with narrow trunks survived and had young, whereas pilosas with wide trunks could not get enough to eat and did not reproduce.The results are displayed in the following graph (copied from Kelemen D. et al. Psychological Science 2014;0956797613516009):
Researchers tested comprehension of the story and children’s ability to generalize the biological principle to a new case. They were tested immediately and after three months. Each test included ten questions in all (five open, five closed) which probed understanding of different aspects of natural selection such as differential survival, differential reproduction, and the passing on of traits between generations.
7 and 8 year-old children showed good comprehension of the story, with nearly half showing an understanding of the natural selection in one generation and 91% showing at least a partial understanding. Remarkably, 3 months later, this knowledge transferred more or less intact to a story about a new species.
Improving education really involves different levels. There is the number of years and instructional time. Another level is the curriculum, what should be taught during these times or years. In the end, what may really matter is how are things taught. The above illustrates that a complex theory such as natural selection is within grasp of young children. It simply has to be taught properly. And the above demonstrates that young children can be provided the complete story. A piecemeal approach which underestimates a child's ability to learn simply allows for developing misconceptions. A classroom where science is taught is not the only place where a child gets introduced to scientific theories. Outside the classroom is an infinite source of biases and misunderstanding.


Know the Alphabet before starting school – Part 1
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Children’s minds are like little sponges. There are many ways to introduce them to the letters of the alphabet in their lead up to formal schooling. Being familiar with the alphabet will give them that little headstart.
Letters occur everywhere in our environment. Many children recognise the golden arches of the McDonalds “M” before they recognise their name. Use this to your advantage and these incidental opportunities can help teach young children the alphabet without even realising it!
Part 1: Recognising the letters
Of course, there are many ways to enhance their play spaces with letters, such as these Alphabet Wall Stickers or Alphabet Posters. The wall stickers are individual, so you can arrange them any way you like. The Alphabet poster comes personalised so this gives your child yet another opportunity to become familiar with the letters in their name (a great starting point!). Place it in a prominent position where they’ll look at it regularly.
Alphabet flash cards are a great way to help children recognise the 26 letters of the alphabet and there are some really fun ways to use them! Pair them with alphabet pebbles, blocks or magnets to encourage learning through play. Another fun idea is to hide them around the house and challenge your child “Go and find me the Bb”.
These tips and products are really just the tip of the iceberg in your child’s early literacy development. Be sure to stay tuned to part 2 and 3 in this series where we discuss hearing the sounds the letters make and beginning writing!
Written by: Lauren Hunt.
Lauren is a teacher, mother and blogger from Adelaide, South Australia. She has taught in the Early Years of school for many years and is passionate about learning through play. In her spare time, she blogs at www.teachertypes.com sharing a multitude of early learning play ideas for teachers and parents alike. Lauren is pleased to write for the Bright Star Kids Blog!
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This list includes the song name, artist name, chords, and skills learned from each song. It is mostly catered to guitar players, but unless otherwise stated, you can assume that the keyboard, bass, drums, and vocals are pretty straightforward. This means that drums will play a straight up rock groove variation, bass will play root notes more or less, and piano will play chords that basically follow the guitar, as well as easy vocal melodies. It is also important to note that the chords listed are not necessarily in order. They are simply a list of the chords in the song.
Teaching for the first time or teaching a new subject or type of group for the first time can be difficult. In music, it could be teaching a style or genre that you are not familiar with, whether it be popular music, world music, or any combination of unfamiliar territory. When I present my Rock … Continue reading The 3 Golden Rules of Effective Teaching
If you've taught any music in public school, you know that running a sound board is expected of you even if you have no idea how to run one. It isn't taught in our music education degree, and there are usually no courses that help us understand it. This means that we are usually left … Continue reading How to Set Up and Run Your First Sound System for Live or From-Source Sound: Music Teacher Edition
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In this post, I have included five more reasons to start a rock band at your school. This a sequel post to one from back in 2017 called, 5 Reasons Why You Should Start a Rock Band at Your School (Part 1). All 10, as well as others, are included in Chapter 1 of my book … Continue reading 5 More Reasons to Start a Rock Group at Your School (Part 2)


Kraehe, A. M., Hood, E. J., & Travis, S. (2015). “I’m so offended!”: Curriculum flashpoints and critical arts education. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 16(18).
- Students were able to better understand the impact of negative labeling and when labeling can be used for positive purposes.
- Identity, particularly for minority students, is “negotiated” with the understandings and expectations of the majority. This has a strong impact on the categorization of their identities.
- Learning about the socioeconomic differences impacted the content that pre-service teachers chose to further. In particular, it pushed them to question their “knowledge” and consider disciplinary content outside of the traditional Western canon.
- White pre-service teachers indicated that they would need to gain more cultural knowledge in order to better serve their diverse student populations.
- The students explored how best to address the concept of offensiveness and support students who might otherwise experience miseducative art experiences.
Significance of the Findings:
As arts education classrooms continue to be increasingly more diverse and as our understanding of the importance of culturally-responsive education grows, this study provides an important qualitative analysis in how impactful training pre-service teachers on socio-cultural differences can be. In particular, this study supports the need for encouraging educators to question their “knowledge” to ensure that they are not isolating or mis-educating students through cultural assumptions.
This study sought to better understand how pre-service art educators make sense of the role of culture and socioeconomic differences in the classroom. Participants included 25 undergraduate and 2 graduate students in courses for either elementary level or secondary level visual art pedagogy. The teacher-researchers incorporated lessons, speakers, and reflections focused on cultural and socioeconomic differences into the traditional pedagogy coursework in order to help their students explore these concepts through the lens of the visual art classroom.
Data was collected through student work product throughout the course, particularly through in-class discussions, written reflections, and video journaling. Students were able to opt in to the study at the end of the class through an informed consent. The authors then conducted a comparative qualitative analysis and coded the data to identify potential themes through an iterative process.
Limitations of the Research:
This ability to generalize this study outside of this setting is limited by the small number of students and the selection bias inherent with students opting into the participation of the study. In addition, the study’s findings could have been skewed based on the cultural and socioeconomic make-up of the student population involved.
Questions to Guide New Research:
This research provided evidence of the importance of teachers being able to understand cultural and socioeconomic differences. Potential questions for future research include:
- Will these results hold with a larger and more diverse sample of visual art education students?
- What would be the longitudinal effects of this culturally-responsive education programming on visual art teachers?
- How would these results differ in other artistic disciplines?


Explore the Element of Art: Value with your favorite art mediums, such as felt markers and crayons, with this Monster Art Lesson Drawing Tutorial. This is an easy to-do, hands on activity that kids can do at home or in the classroom to help them learn and understand the element of art: value. Let’s make art!
I love creating art with kids! In this post you can find FREE Art lessons for kids and you can download 8 FREE Art Worksheets and Templates to use with kids experimenting with art making at home or in your classroom. Let kids explore art making and learn to shade 3D objects, value scales, make color wheels, and more! Find free worksheets and other ideas and art lessons for making art at home or in the classroom.
Explore creating art focused on the Elements of Art in an At Home Learning setting, perfect for Homeschooling or Distance Learning. This blog post has art projects and lessons for experimenting with Line, Value, Mixing Colors, and Texture with unexpected art mediums you already have in your home (that you just didn’t realize you have).
Even in a crisis or emergency, students deserve the BEST art education, whether they are able to access their classroom or not. These art resources have been selected for this list because they can either be used as take-home art resources, accessed online for e-learning, or can be used with any choice of mediums or materials. These Art Resource creators and educators are here to provide you with assistance during this crisis. All the quality and easy to implement art resources that you need to be able to support your students through this new thing called Distance Learning.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in your classroom with art projects, ideas, and activities for kids. These cute art projects for kids are suitable for teaching a range of art techniques and skills and can be done as either an artwork or craft. Read this post to find art ideas for kids, directed drawings, coloring pages, and St. Patrick’s Day teacher shirts to make your St. Patty’s Day celebration complete.
Have fun creating one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day Art Pieces with kids this February. These 5 art ideas will allow your kids to get their hands-on art mediums that are easy to use and quick to clean. This illustrations and how-to drawing tutorials are the perfect solution for your at home art night needs or for creating in your classroom with your students. Whatever you need, these tutorials and art ideas are bound to get you and your kids or students creating amazing Valentine’s Day Artworks that will capture an audience! #valentinesdayart #valentinesdayartprojects #valentinesdaydiy
Teaching Art to Kids leading up to Valentine’s Day can be fun! Here is an art project tutorial that teaches elementary students how to create a Valentine’s puppy using oil pastels and paint. Teach how to use a variety of art mediums with this quick and easy art activity that will have kids making a fun illustration. Perfect teaching resource for grade 4 and grade 5 students.
Start the new decade off with an artastic art project in your classroom! Have your students create New Year 2020 Zen Doodle Art Projects. Not only will this get your students engaged in the first days back in class (which no one will be excited for), but it will also get them exploring both marker, paint, and the Element of Art: Line and the Principle of Design: Emphasis. Let’s get started!
Learn how to create this Winter Art Project in your classroom for FREE with the FREE Downloadable PDF that includes all the tools and steps that you need to not only teach the lesson, but display it too. Students will use paint, paper, and pastel to create this FREE Winter Evergreen Art Project.
Coming up with ideas for what to do with your students before Christmas break can often be difficult, especially when you’re burn’t out and tired from both teaching and getting-ready-for-Christmas-life outside of work. Here are 6 Art Activity Ideas that you can do in your classroom to be prepared and done planning before your vacation days start.


Children in the Early Childhood Center learn through play. The emphasis in the nursery is on social skills, learning how to play and cooperate with other children. By Pre-Kindergarten children begin to learn the sounds of the alphabets and to build vocabulary, as well as being introduced to numeracy. In kindergarten, children begin to learn phonics, basic writing, and additional numeracy skills. Preparatory students begin reading and understanding more about the world around them. The International Primary Curriculum (IPC) helps them begin to grasp an understanding of more complex concepts, like the concept of change. Numeracy skills advance to a level of understanding basic addition and subtraction.
Hello, and welcome to our Early Childhood Center. We, the EC staff, are a strong and enthusiastic team who work like bees. We believe that the child is the major focus of the kindergarten program. Each child brings unique experiences, expectations, emotions, attitudes, and abilities to the classroom. It is essential that the individual characteristics of each child are accepted, understood, and nurtured. We are proud because we are building the blocks of the future generation.


LessonApp is based on modern, research-based pedagogy. LessonApp follows the very same principles teachers in Finland are taught during the teacher training and what they apply every day in their classrooms.
Finland is known for its state-of-the-art education system and outstanding results in international learning comparisons. What is not so commonly known, is that Finland is basing its education practices on scientific research and an understanding of how teaching and learning are related to each other.
Modern educational research has clearly revealed many factors that promote learning: learner’s own activity, participation, collaborative learning (learning with and from the others), reflection, connection to prior knowledge, using versatile methods, physical activity etc.
This contemporary learning theory that has been the basis for teacher training in Finland for years is called socio-constructivist view of learning. LessonApp helps teachers to plan pedagogically meaningful lessons based on socio-constructivist approach.
Socio-constructivist view of learning rests on following principles:
- Learning is perceived as an active, not a passive, process, where knowledge is constructed by the learner.
- Knowledge is mutually built and constructed in the social contexts of learning
- Previous knowledge, understanding and experiences are relevant when learning new things.
- The teacher’s role is to support and nurture the learning process: teachers are facilitators who enable student’s development and learning.
- Learning is also supposed to be fun
Finnish teachers base their work on socio-constructivist view on learning and apply it various different ways every day. Socio-constructivist approach can manifest in many diverse ways in classrooms:
- engaging learners in activity, discourse, and reflection
- frequent use of discussions and participation
- giving learners opportunity to raise their own questions and construct their own models
- encouraging independent thinking: students test their ideas, synthesize the ideas of others, build deeper understanding of what they are learning and develop reasoning skills
- using different kind of activating and co-operative teaching methods.
Socio-constructivist approach to learning not only brings excellent learning results but also promotes acquiring useful skills for life. The approach encourages learners to be active in constructing their own knowledge and collaborative in solving problems together with other learners. The approach fosters important life skills like self-regulation, self-determination, and a desire to persevere with tasks. It also promotes collaborative skills: i.e. respectful communication, negotiating, compromising, tolerance, ability to encourage your teammates, appreciating difference, working constructively with many types of people etc.
These skills are also prerequisite for deeper learning, which requires skills such as analytic reasoning, complex problem solving, and teamwork.
Furthermore, this approach to learning is useful when reaching for the 21st century skills like:
- Creativity and Innovation
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Initiative & Self Direction
- Social & Cross-Cultural Skills
- Leadership & Responsibility
By promoting students’ own activity, participation and involvement it is also possible to increase the well-being of students. The well-being of students is as important as learning outcomes. Stress-free and engaging atmosphere in classroom not only promotes learning but also enhances general well-being of children, young people and teachers alike. It is possible to achieve excellent learning results and joy of learning at the same time.


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In schools English as an Additional Language is referred to as EAL.
If you class your first language as not being English then you will register under EAL.
The school will take steps to assess your child's proficiency and literacy on arrival and have clear actions to help your child integrate into school life.
The school will provide specialist EAL support from qualified teacher or teaching assistants.
The school's development plan should have clear strategic actions on how to support EAL children and their families.
LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. Free online games, songs, stories and activities for children.
For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about face-to-face courses around the world.
This lesson is about ways to support a child develop their numeracy skills and is aimed at learners who are parents or who care for children. It provides learners with information about how numeracy is taught in schools today and gives practice at identifying and using some language common to a maths classroom.


A microbiologist is a person whose main responsibility is to investigate the growth, structure development & other microscopic organism characteristics like fungi, algae, and bacteria. He or she undertakes laboratory analysis as well as the monitoring of new drugs, samples & microbial cultures. For more detailed, you can see the following microbiologist job description.
Microbiologist Job Description Template
Developing new pharmaceutical products, medicines, vaccines & compounds like antiseptics also belong to the main duty. A microbiologist is employed by different kinds of institution. For example, this position is needed in a research institution, government agency, or hospital.
To be a microbiologist, a bachelor’s degree in Biology, Microbiology, or other related sciences is required. Besides that, the candidates must also have good analytical laboratory experience. The following microbiologist job description template will present the more detailed requirements, too.
Microbiologist Job Responsibilities
We are hiring a microbiologist. You will help us keep growing. This position is open to everyone. However, all the candidates have to be able to perform microbiologist job responsibilities. Here is the list of tasks & duties a microbiologist has to do:
- Develops new pharmaceutical products, medicines, vaccines & compounds like antiseptics
- Collects samples from different locations
- Provides laboratory services for community environmental health programs, health departments, and also physicians who need information for diagnosis & treatment
- Records, analyzes, and interprets data
- Writes papers, reports & reviews of research
- Makes sure that data is accurately recorded according to guidelines
- Remains up to date with research and scientific developments
- Validates microbiological methods in order to meet requirements from clients as appropriate
Microbiologist Job Requirements
Everyone is allowed to apply for this position. However, there are some qualifications required. The microbiologist job requirements relate to experience, knowledge, ability, and skills. Below is the list of required qualifications all the candidates have to meet:
- Experience of successful analytical laboratory
- Ability of handling hazardous chemicals knowledgeably & safely
- Enthusiasm of serving customers and representing our laboratory in a professional manner
- Knowledge of managing a laboratory project
- Ability of collaborating with various technical colleagues
- Ability of lifting 25 pounds
- Proficiency in IT and numeracy skills
- Strong skills of communication both written and oral
- Superb skills of problem solving
- Ability of working in a team & managing a workload well
Microbiologist Job Description FAQs
What does a microbiologist do in an institution?
Working in a hospital, research institution, or government agency, a microbiologist is tasked to investigate the growth, structure development & other microscopic organism characteristics like fungi, algae, and bacteria.
Can I edit the posted microbiologist job description here?
Of course, you can. You are allowed to edit the customizable microbiologist job description template posted here. You can add or remove the details to fit your needs.
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Welcome to first grade at Green Woods Charter School! Our first grade teachers strive to foster an environment for inquisitive, independent thinkers who truly understand the importance of lifelong learning. We create a strong sense of community within our classes through daily Morning Meetings and opportunities for partnerships and teamwork. Students will also use problem solving skills and reasoning throughout the academic day to foster personal responsibility and independence.
Environment and Ecology/Science
Our major unit of study for Environmental Science will be the pond. Throughout the year students will have opportunities to visit the John Heinz Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum and other sites for field studies. Students will study temperature, water cycle, seasons, and stewardship in addition to in-depth exploration of the plants and animals that live in and around the pond. In the fall, the class will learn much about frogs. They will study weather and seasonal changes during the winter. In spring, students will broaden their knowledge of water by studying wetlands, bogs, and other bodies of water.
First graders will spend their year learning about the world around them. At the beginning of the year, first graders learn about the community within our classroom and school. We explore ways to keep our learning environment safe and effective through the creation of class rules and jobs. In the fall we will study classrooms of long ago and the history of our country. The winter solstice will give us an opportunity to learn about light-based celebrations and discuss different types of families and their traditions. In the spring our focus of study will shift to maps and map skills.
Our goal for first grade is to create independently motivated readers and writers. Through building our independent reading stamina and learning to choose "Good Fit Books," students will put their strategies and skills to work with self-selected books that are meaningful and motivating. First graders will also have the opportunity to participate in a daily Writer's Workshop where they will put their skills to work on writing activities of their choice. To build a solid foundation for literacy, students will participate in daily phonics lessons that follow the Fundations curriculum. Additionally, students will have opportunities to work with texts through shared reading, read-aloud, poetry, and in all other academic areas. We are excited to be implementing our new ELA curriculum called Journeys. Journeys is a comprehensive K-6 English language arts program. It provides an instructional system for reading both literature and informational texts, for acquiring foundational skills, and for developing mastery of speaking, listening and writing.
At Green Woods, we follow the Go Math! Curriculum model. Lessons in first grade will cover a wide variety of concepts in order to prepare for later grades and more challenging work. We create an environment of numeracy through daily warm-ups that relate to a variety of mathematical skills. Students will have opportunities to build a strong number sense, manipulate numbers, work with money, explore geometry, and solve multi-step problems. Students will participate in whole group lessons, partner games, group games, and independent work to practice math skills. In first grade, students will develop a sound base of mathematical concepts to build upon in future grades.


Those who work in computer programming appear to have a certain set of traits that benefit them in their careers. Programming students interested in transferring to a bachelor’s program in computer science should consider completing the AS degree with a field of study in computer science. Using Arduino and Raspberry Pi single board computers, students design and program embedded systems and interface them with the physical world.
In fact, it may be more beneficial for your career to learn one of the dreaded” computer programming languages, as you’ll be more in demand. A bachelor’s degree is common for this career, although many workers instead have a graduate degree in computer programming or computer science.
Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so others can understand the program. More than almost any other occupation, computer programmers must continue to develop new skills and knowledge to remain competitive in the job market.
It’s the job of computer programmers to turn designs created by software developers and engineers into sets of instructions that computers follow, which result in the word processing programs, social media platforms, browsers, and more that people use every day.
A Computer Programming History Lesson
A number of years ago, I was doing a study on behalf of three universities wherein I had been asked to research what programming courses were being taught at those universities in comparison to what programming languages students were really needing to learn in order to get jobs when they actually rejoined the workforce. So the need for computer programmers is just astounding right now. Choose the learning-style that works best for you, as campus-based and online training formats work equally well with the subject matter in computer programming. Generally, a programming language allows you to describe some sort of process of doing something, whereas HTML is a way of adding context and structure to text.
Pay by Experience for a Computer Programmer has a positive trend. Use the skills necessary for competency in computer programming and database design applicable to preparation for a career in computer programming and database development. An associate degree program generally covers a wider grounding in the basics of computer programming than a certificate program, but it does not cover all the bases that a bachelor’s degree program in the subject does.
Foundational skills taught include programming logic, object-oriented programming, applications development, including web and mobile application fundamentals, database applications, security concepts, and network and computer architecture fundamentals.
What Is Computer Programming?
A little bit of programming can actually help you in having a good time with your computer. Employ deductive logic skills to analyze malfunctioning computer programs and use proper debugging and testing skills, modifying them to function correctly. Bachelor degree programs in computer programming are usually four-year programs that combine programming languages with a liberal arts education.
Computer programmers also conceptualize, design, and test logical structures to solve computer issues. When I was looking for resources to learn to code at an affordable price, I stumbled across Codecademy’s HTML course When I told my techie friends what I was learning, they informed me that HTML is not considered a programming language.
Current students should visit My SPC and view My Learning Plan to see specific degree requirements for their effective term. This chapter will present programs written in some of these languages. The “way to write instructions” is called a programming language.
Computer Programming Specialist
When designing a program, you must first have a deep look at the purpose of the program to design and what it will make. The following sections on individual languages will give you an overview of the third-generation languages in common use today: FORTRAN (a scientific language), COBOL (a business language), BASIC (simple language used for education and business), Pascal (education), Ada (military), and C (general purposed).
They attain proficiency in several programming languages. Computer Science : The most common and expansive, focusing on programming, math, algorithms, and data structures. If they do not work correctly, computer programmers check the code for mistakes and fix them.
Computer Programming Certification
Computer programmers write programs in a variety of computer languages, such as C++ and Java. This course introduces students to the logic of programming, laying the groundwork for students to learn specific programming languages in-depth in future classes. Explore the offerings of these associations and organizations; they offer notifications, support, certification exams and educational opportunities for individuals who have earned computer programming degrees.
aims to expand access to programming training and computer science education in schools, with a particular focus on increasing participation among women and underrepresented minorities. Many computer programmers tend to work in open plan offices each with their own workstation.
Students will be taught problem solving skills that will allow them to debug and correct software system errors. An important part of a programmer’s job is to check the code for errors and fix any they find.


The Mammals Worksheet is one of our top FREE science for kids printable worksheets with hidden words puzzle. This free all about mammals for kids worksheet includes a fun missing word seek game and a hidden words puzzle for kids. Our all about mammals worksheet for kids is both free to download and free to print. Kids from Preschool up to Fifth Grade can enjoy to learn fun facts about Mammals.
Primary school kids can use the fun facts about mammals printable worksheet as a reading comprehension exercise. Kids will most likely need to read and re-read the mammals fun facts to find the missing words. This exercise is not only good to improve their memories but also their reading skills.
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Parents can use our top free science for kids printable worksheets to do fun early learning science activities or homeschooling games with their kids. This is a great way to awaken your kids interest in science while spending quality educational time teaching your kids about animals.
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Mammals are warm blooded animals. Humans are mammals too! All animals are characterized by how their bodies work, what they eat and how they have babies. Mammals do things in special ways that no other animals do.
Download our free mammals worksheet to find out fun facts about mammals and what makes an animal a mammal!
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A pre-school language intervention programme can significantly improve the educational lives of children with poorly developed speech and language skills, according to new research by psychologists at the University of York.
In the Language 4 Reading project, a team from the University’s Department of Psychology at the University of York have evaluated the benefits of a pre-school language intervention programme for children who enter school with poorly developed speech and language skills.
The project, which involved 15 schools and feeder-nurseries across Yorkshire, was a randomised controlled trial funded by the Nuffield Foundation. A member of staff from each of the Early Years settings was trained to deliver a language intervention programme.
The programme targeted three key areas: vocabulary knowledge, narrative and listening skills, with phonics work included in the later stages. Children took part in three group sessions each week, supplemented by individual work once they entered school.
After 30 weeks, the children who had received the intervention showed wide-ranging improvements in expressive language skills, including the use of vocabulary and grammar, while gains in letter-sound knowledge and spelling indicate that the foundations of phonics are in place.
Professor Margaret Snowling, who led the research team, said: “Language skills are the foundation for literacy development and are fundamental to educational success. Our findings show that language intervention can be delivered successfully in Early Years settings by appropriately trained and supported teaching assistants. It has the potential to improve the educational lives of many children.
“Feedback from children, parents and teaching assistants indicates that taking part in the project has been an enjoyable experience for all concerned. The commitment of the schools and the enthusiasm of the teaching assistants have contributed to the success of the project.”
The Communication Champion, Jean Gross, will attend a celebration evening at the Centre for Reading and Language in the Department of Psychology, tomorrow (3 November) to acknowledge the contribution of the teaching assistants and each participating school will receive a certificate to thank them for their support.
The University of York project team also included Professor Charles Hulme, Dr Silke Fricke and Dr. Claudine Crane.
More information about the project is available on the University of York website.


If I were to use a simple cliché, I would say ‘an Art is an Art’ hence simply explained my work as a digital artist is…’. However, I can not as an educator get away by such an explaination, nor would I do justice to this phenomenon that is discribed as digital art. A few years back when I started to explore the technology and its tools, those who dared to write about it struggled to explain and articulate the unique qualities inherent to the technology and the end product that is presented as ‘Digital Art’. Some wrote about this art form as a ‘Computer Generated Art’ or ‘Computer Art’ and others saw the need to develop a manifesto that attempted to provide a forum. Be it the manifesto on Dataism, or attempts at addressing the algorithmic beauty that is imbedded in the design of a given programm, critics and art historicians alike are still out forging an aesthetic criterion to an art form that uses an ever evolving technic and technology. Be that as it may I approach the new tool with in the context of a panhuman universe where I attempt to function by its influence and at the same time influence it by bringing to it a culture context. To this end i have so far enjoyed creating and discovering with the computer as an assistant. I can speak of digital art as a computer assisted art not a computer generated one. Simply put the computer and associated software compliments and enhances my ability to create and do not contribute in developing original concept nor do they generate an art work. However, they play a crucial role in making it possible for the artist who is willing to use them. This does not mean that the computer does not have an input in the process, in-fact it does. As in any traditional medium the tools and materials used contribute to the final looks of the image created. The difference is on the skill and knowledge of the artist. Although technical know how does not guaranty artistic and or creative dexterity if combined one is sure to express an idea with certain level of sophistication as well as simplicity. In otherwords, if an artist is interested in using water color, he or she is obligated to know and discover all possible means associated with his or her chosen medium. I feel honored to be in the company of those that are now referred to as artists of the cyber culture. As an individual with a specific cultural background I bring to the computer canvas a variety of ideas, some that I have completed or have resolved via paintings using traditional tools. Sources from my acrylic on canvas paintings or other works on any number of mixed media, photographs, three dimensional images that I create in the computer world, and or drawings, sketches etc. These sources are selected, digitized or scanned and filed as image data where I have access to as many or as few of them as I need. I use these resources selectively concocting portions of colors here, parts of figures there or a variety of African surface decorations, designs and or motifs. After a certain amount of creative process I come up with my final composition of a visual music and present it in the old fashioned way, a two dimensional graphic representation framed or on the computers screen world.
- Achamyeleh Debela, Ethiopia/USA. Achamyeleh Debela is one of the leading contemporary Ethiopian-born artists living and working in the Diaspora. Born in Ethiopia and raised in Addis Ababa, Acha graduated from the Addis Ababa Fine Arts School where he studied under Ale Feleghe Selam, Gebre Kristos Desta, Skunder Boghossian and Hansen Bahia. He earned additional degrees at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria (BFA); Morgan State University (MA); and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MFA). He pursued doctoral studies in art education and computer graphics at Ohio State University. [source: nccu.edu/directory/details.cfm?id=adebela]


KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 5
In the elementary age group, emphasis is placed on educational experiences that develop a positive approach to learning. Purposeful and challenging experiences are designed around ideas, concepts and themes that are meaningful to students. Language Arts and Mathematics develop literacy and numeracy skills, and broad and balanced learning connections are developed through a variety of subjects. Students are required to write standardized assessments issued by the Canadian province of New Brunswick in both Mathematics and English at strategic points in their Elementary School years.
1. English Language
3. Social Studies (Grades 3 – 5)
4. Science (Grades 3 – 5)
5. You and Your World (Grades K-2)
8. Physical Education and Health
For further information, see the New Brunswick Department http://www.gnb.ca/0000/anglophone-e.asp of Education and Early Childhood Development curriculum development webpage. http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/education.html


On June 2, 2020, OAKE published a statement regarding the systemic and individualized racism that pervades our society. We failed to center our statement on the Black community and caused harm by not acknowledging the trauma experienced by Black students and teachers as well as their families and communities. This was a significant error for which we sincerely apologize.
Black lives matter. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others who have violently lost their lives matter. The leadership of OAKE commits to work more intentionally to support Black colleagues, students, and communities. We pledge to establish true equity within our organization and the field of music education through growth and change.
OAKE will work to dismantle systemic racism by cultivating humanity in our students and in our communities. To accomplish this work meaningfully, we must first cultivate humanity within ourselves. We humbly affirm our commitment to do better.
The Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) community is dismayed and disheartened by the violent actions that are taking place across the United States. Racism and social inequity have global effects that diminish and devalue our human existence and experience, which is a birthright of all people. As music educators, we recognize that the connection between teachers and their students is one of the most important bonds in a child’s life. With great power comes the great responsibility to engage the students in our classrooms in activities that enliven their shared humanity.
Music permeates every aspect of our lives—celebrations and sorrows—reminding us of the powerful experiences that create our past, present, and future. OAKE’s Vision is the realization of a world where the power of music as a unifying, humanizing, and healing force is an integral part of the lives of the American People. Whether it is a song we hear randomly as we tend to our everyday tasks, a song we deliberately play that reminds us of a significant event, or music that rallies communities around shared experience, music inspires and connects us, bringing us together and bridging all gaps that may exist. Through our work, OAKE educators and the music education community at large aspire to bring empathy for all peoples, understanding and respect of all cultures, and compassion for all humanity.
Ongoing actions and goals of the OAKE community:
- Share existing and create new educational materials for cultural responsiveness and competency of OAKE member teachers, leaders, and presenters.
- Publish a resource page on the OAKE website of vetted song collections that represent multiple cultures and marginalized populations.
- Invite and encourage people of color and culture bearers to serve in OAKE leadership roles, as conference choir directors, and conference session presenters.
OAKE pledges to be present in these times for our members and their students as we work through our country’s grief. We will continue to seek the realization of a world where humanity is more unified through music.
Donna A. Menhart
OAKE President, 2020-2022


Critics of arts education point to a lack of skilled American workers in critical industries and ask, ‘why is art education important in schools when all the good jobs are in math and science?’ These days, the data is beginning to show that the importance of arts education goes way beyond a paint brush.
The debate over whether art delivers real world benefits, and is even necessary in primary education, is not new. The amount of hours a child can spend in a classroom is limited and precious, and primary school curricula are often the laboratory in which people choose to cure our country’s ills. Yet, the importance of arts education is coming further into focus.
What is new, is a large set of empirical, peer-reviewed studies that can inform us of what science has to say about the importance of art education for young people.
Here are four assertions made by these studies on the real life benefits and importance of art education.
A 2002 report by the Arts Education Partnership looked at over 62 different studies from 100 researchers and found that students who received more arts education did better on standardized tests, showed better development in social skills, and were more motivated than students who had reduced or no access.
The AEP admitted that art education is not a panacea for all struggling schools or students, but emphasized that art can be a uniquely valuable asset for students from poor communities who need added remedial education. An updated report in 2010 yielded similar results.
A 2006 Guggenheim Museum study sent artists into schools to help students create their own masterpieces. Students who participated performed better in six different categories of literacy. Researchers believed the improvement came from students thinking critically about art in a way that could be applied to other subjects.
This study by the Missouri Department of Education surveyed its public school system and found that arts education had a significant effect on the academic and social success of their students, including being more likely to come to class and to graduate, and less likely to be expelled. Similar studies in other states have yielded nearly identical results.
A 2005 Rand Corporation report titled “A Portrait of the Visual Arts” showed that arts education did much to close the achievement gap between students from divergent socio-economic levels and gave a boost to children who lacked certain enrichment experiences available at more competitive schools.
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This French book collection includes 27 levels of text that progressively increase in difficulty from level aa to Z to help students improve their French literacy skills. Dual language or bilingual learners can read French texts at their level and in their areas of interest anytime with 24/7 Web access to get the practice they need to become better, more confident readers.
Why Use French Translated Leveled Books
Our French Translated Leveled Books are an essential support for students in dual language, bilingual, and immersion programs. The carefully leveled books help emerging bilinguals develop their comprehension and fluency as they become better, more confident French readers.
The range of fiction and nonfiction text types ensure that students can find topics that appeal to them while also connecting literacy and content-area instruction.
How to Use French Translated Leveled Books
There can be a broad range of reading ability within any group of emerging bilinguals. Our leveled eBooks help you to provide opportunities for independent reading practice following each guided reading session or anytime a student has access to the Internet through a computer or tablet.
- Meet specific student needs by assigning books using the Assign button on the book’s thumbnail or landing page.
- Customize the Reading Room by indicating a student’s level to ensure student practice in developmentally appropriate books.
- Reading Room access through Kids A-Z provides motivation to read a wide variety of books that students can choose from based on their interests.
Leveled Book Formats
Read eBooks allow students to read silently, whisper read, or record their reading using a headset or their computer's microphone and our built-in recording tools. Students can send these practice recordings to your Kids A-Z In Basket so you can check their fluency progress. You can download and save the recordings to your computer as MP3 audio files.
By becoming a member of Raz-Plus, you gain access to printable versions of the books on Raz-Kids as well as thousands of other digital and print resources to support reading instruction.
French Translated Leveled Book Support Resources
Worksheets and comprehension quizzes provide support for leveled books in French.
French Translated Leveled Books work well paired with the corresponding English book for promoting literacy development in both languages.
Each worksheet set contains a graphic organizer featuring a specific comprehension skill. Students can fill in the printable graphic organizer as they read to help them organize their thinking and remember what they read. Other French literacy skills are supported by additional worksheets.
Multiple-choice quizzes provide an assessment of comprehension after a student has listened to or read a book.
- Comprehension Quizzes are a fast, easy way to assess how well students comprehend their reading and are great resources for text-dependent questions.
- Multiple-choice questions cover a range of cognitive rigor and depth of knowledge.
- Students receive feedback on how well they performed on an eQuiz and earn different numbers of stars for passing scores or perfect scores. (For a complete list of star awards, see Student Awards & Incentives) Students can correct or retake a quiz not passed.
- Kids A-Z Skill Reports provide teachers with information about skills each student missed on multiple-choice questions and help inform future instruction.
- Quiz correlations to the Common Core State Standards provide additional information about how well students perform according to grade-level expectations.
Raz-Plus provides instructional tools for thousands of leveled books and other resources, some of which it shares with Raz-Kids. Raz-Plus provides the ultimate combination of tools for reading instruction and practice.
French Translated Books and Leveling
Raz-Kids English leveled books have been carefully written using stringent guidelines and the proprietary, best-in-class Learning A-Z Text Leveling System to ensure accuracy and consistency.
French translators closely review the English Leveling Criteria as part of the translations process, but some books might seem easier or more difficult in French than their English level specifies.
Teachers can use the English levels on the French books as a reference point, but should use their professional knowledge when determining which French Translated Leveled Books are the best fit for individual students.
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* Lexile® ranges are provided only as an additional resource. They are estimates and not certified by MetaMetrics®. Their actual relationship to Learning A-Z levels has yet to be determined.
Features and Chart
- 20 words maximum per sentence; 12 words average
- 750–1,300 words total
- Full pages of text
- Text can wrap illustrations
- More complex sentences
- More specialized vocabulary
- Illustrations used to extend meaning
- Table of contents, captions, index, and glossary in nonfiction books
- Simple tables, charts, and graphs
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Intellectual giftedness is often a confusing and complex concept for parents to get their head around, particularly because there is no one clear definition of what it is that makes a “gifted” child. In general, the term refers to children or adults whose IQ are over 130 and, as such, lie in the top 2 percent of the population. However, there is no clear cut distinction between a gifted and a non-gifted child; children mature at different rates and develop different capacities and skill sets. Giftedness is more often associated with academic success; gifted children often excel at one or more areas of their education, though their talents, if not properly fostered, might also leave them feeling unsatisfied, bored or isolated at school. As a parent, you are in the best possible position to identify whether your child has any unusual capabilities and, if so, make sure they receive the support that they need to reach their potential. Here are the top 10 things that, at a young age, might suggest giftedness in a child.
1. Specific Talents
Does your child have a specific skill that seems impressive for their age, such as musical ability, creativity, language comprehension or numeracy skills?
2. Expanding Vocabulary
Does your child seem to pick up, understand and use words quicker and more naturally than other children their age?
3. Asks “What If?” Questions
Does your child think about situations in an abstract manner? Do they ask lots of hypothetical questions?
4. Relentless Curiosity
Does your child seem constantly hungry to learn more and more about the world? Do they pursue things that they are interested in?
5. Vivid Imagination
Does your child seem particularly creative or imaginative? Do they have an aptitude for telling stories, drawing pictures or creating imaginary situations?
6. Memorisation Of Facts
Is your child able to recall facts with unusual accuracy? Does your child seem to have an encyclopaedic memory of everything they are taught?
7. Observation Skills
Does your child notice things that other children their age, or even you, don’t? For example, does your child remember exactly where you set down the set of keys that you can’t find in the morning?
8. Problem Solving Skills
Does your child come up with creative and novel solutions to problems that they face in their day-to-day life. Do they tend to solve their own problems rather than coming to you for assistance.
9. Sense Of Justice Or Fairness
Does your child seem to express an above average concern for the ethical or moral implications of situations? Are they able to put themselves into other people’s perspectives and think about big-picture issues such as fairness and justice?
10. Sense Of Humour
Is your child able to understand and tell complex jokes? Does your child have a good sense of comedic timing? Though this may not seem like an academic skill, a good sense of humour often requires high levels of intelligence.
If you suspect that your child may be gifted, you might be initially quite daunted by the responsibilities and challenges that this may prevent. However, every expert will tell you the same thing: relax. Before your child starts school, there is no need to subject them to an IQ test or put any undue pressure on them. This may have a negative impact upon their attitude towards learning. What you should do, however, is support and foster their growing interests and encourage your child to pursue them to their fullest potential. When your child starts school, however, it is important to keep an eye on them to make sure that they are receiving the support that they need. Gifted children can often feel stifled, frustrated or alienated within a conventional school environment, and it is important to ensure that this does not hamper their educational and social development. You may choose to get your child’s IQ tested. If it does turn out that your child has a significantly high IQ, then there are plenty of resources available to help your figure out how to best support your child’s need. A good first stop for information is the Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented.
But the best thing to do to extend your gifted child is to help them to set challenging goals. If you would like to help your child develop goals, then click here to download our FREE goal setting guide.


The ELLA Study
The Early Language and Literacy Acquisition in Children with Hearing Loss who use Spoken Language Study (ELLA Study) focuses on tracking literacy development in children with hearing loss in the US from preschool through 5th grade. The ELLA Study is a longitudinal research project funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders. We are focused on improving long-term reading and writing outcomes for children with hearing loss who use hearing aids and/or cochlear implants. We do this by identifying early predictors of literacy success and difficulty to inform early interventions for this population.
Hearing loss and literacy development
Did you know that the median reading outcomes for children with hearing loss in the US plateau at a third-to-fourth grade reading level? Or that this outcome is unchanged since the 1970s? Hearing loss has a tremendous impact on literacy development in childhood, and at the ELLA Study, we are working to learn more about this relationship and how to minimize the impact. Participation in the ELLA Study is completely free of charge, and we are currently enrolling children who are early in their four-year-old year.


By Leah Kolar, Artistic Director, Theatre Arts For Kids
It seems that the “Broadway dream” is a popular one these days. Children are getting the bug for performing early on and are craving quality instruction in all facets of musical theatre. Through training in voice, acting, and dancing, young performers are earning exciting opportunities in children’s theatre like the local non-profit organization, Theatre Arts For Kids. Though high level training is a priority at TAFK, our mission is fueled by the less “dramatic” effects of children’s theatre that stay with them throughout their lives, regardless of their career choice or life goals.
The obvious benefits your child will see as a result of participating in children’s theatre are increased self-confidence, improved communication skills, and stronger self-expression. These are just the beginning! Did you know that students who participate in musical theatre programs benefit in less “dramatic” ways too?
Theatre fosters teamwork and the ability to work through challenges to achieve a goal. This is an extremely valuable asset in life. Performers also learn to absorb and accept critique, which is a fundamental life skill – whether on stage or off. Additionally, students with theatrical training gain valuable life perspective, which helps them remain positive through some of life’s most difficult challenges.
Requiring students to follow a process, a timeline, use self-discipline, and learn to accept direction and feedback, theatre is a training ground for careers in education, law, business, politics, broadcasting, and so much more. Studies show that employers prefer to hire those with theatrical experience.
Dr. Louis E. Catron, Professor of Theatre at College of William and Mary, attributes this to characteristics common to those with theatrical background. Often people with a theatrical background are great problem solvers, highly motivated, dependable with a goal-oriented work ethic, and have respect for colleagues and authority. Theatre students learn to be adaptable, learn quickly and accurately, have respect for deadlines, work well under pressure, have a positive self-image, and are generally fun to be around! Furthermore, the performing arts have life-long benefits offering young people avenues to explore their artistic potential and express themselves.
It is understandable that parents are sometimes reluctant to encourage aspirations in the performing arts field – especially in this economy! There is a fine line between supporting your child’s goal and supporting a “starving artist”. However, there is good news…. Supporting your aspiring performer at a young age will be well-timed, as the skills they learn will help them grow as they face important decisions like college and careers. In fact, in a recent research study at the University of Kansas, KU researcher Christopher Johnson concluded that music programs boost standardized test scores.
I encourage all parents to nurture these interests early on as you will get a whole lot more than you bargained for. This juice is definitely worth the squeeze!
Leah Kolar holds her Master’s Degree in Stage Directing from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Leah received her Bachelor’s Degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Eastman and furthered her performance studies at the Royal Northern College of Music In Manchester, England. Leah served the University of West Florida as Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre and head of the Musical Theatre BFA Degree Program prior to moving back home to Nebraska. Leah has taught voice at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, NE and was a Guest Artist for the University of Memphis in Memphis, TN and Creighton University in Omaha, NE.
Leah is the founder and Artistic Director for Theatre Arts For Kids, a thriving non-profit musical theatre company for youth with branches in California, Florida, and Nebraska for the last 16 years.
Leah’s directing and choreography credits encompass all forms of lyric theatre including musical theatre, operetta, opera, and children’s theatre. Leah’s performance credits include solo and recital engagements with many universities, orchestras, chorales, and churches.
In addition to her work with Theatre Arts For Kids, Leah has a thriving voice studio teaching children, teens, and adults to sing. Leah is married to Ben Kolar, and they have two kids, Mij (7) & Avi (2).


SIPPS: Accelerative Foundational Skills Instruction
SIPPS (Systematic Instruction in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words) is a research-based foundational skills program proven to help both new and struggling readers in grades K–12 build skills and confidence for fluent, independent reading.
The Center for the Collaborative Classroom recognizes that educators will need options that are flexible to support their students’ learning in a variety of circumstances and formats. The Remote Guidance is designed to support teachers in transitioning from an “in person” format to either a blended or fully remote design. To support instructional planning, the guidance is organized by beginning-, middle- and end-of-year and provides instructional guidance, essential learning, and at-home activities.
The SIPPS program provides a structured literacy approach to foundational skills instruction through explicit instructional routines focused on phonological awareness, spelling-sounds, and sight words, with immediate application to reading connected text and to spelling.
The systematic scope and sequence supports students who struggle with decoding, including students identified with dyslexia, in an accelerative approach. Each SIPPS level corresponds to a specific stage of reading development: simple alphabetic, spelling pattern, and polysyllabic/morphemic. Daily SIPPS lessons and reading practice in appropriate texts help readers achieve automaticity and accuracy, which in turn allow them to focus on comprehension.
Whether used as a stand-alone intervention or integrated as the decoding module with other programs, the SIPPS program allows students to:
- Respond orally during the foundational skills routines and receive immediate, strategic feedback.
- Demonstrate mastery of learning at regular intervals through criterion-referenced tests.
- Read controlled-vocabulary text to practice the words and concepts taught.
- Engage with books at appropriate levels to build fluency and increase confidence.
Aligned with the RTI/MTSS Framework
SIPPS aligns with the RTI/MTSS (Response to Intervention-Multi-tiered System of Support) framework and can be used across all three tiers. Explicit and systematic lessons develop phonological awareness, spelling-sound relationships, decoding, and sight word knowledge that work together to develop accuracy and automaticity.
Intentionally Aligned with Being a Reader
SIPPS works seamlessly as intervention support with the Being a Reader (Tier 1) program. The scopes and sequences of SIPPS and Being a Reader are aligned, which makes transition between Tiers straightforward. And similar teaching routines provide students with consistent instruction across Tiers.
Intensive Routines for Learning Challenges
Students identified with dyslexia or other learning challenges benefit from simultaneous activation of learning modalities that include movement and kinesthetic/tactile modalities. For these students, Intensive Multisensory Instruction for SIPPS provides variations that can be readily integrated into the original SIPPS routines.
The small-group format ensures that all students are instructed at their point of need.
Support for ELD/ELA Learners
SIPPS provides ELD/ELA standards support through word analysis, including phonological awareness, decoding and word recognition, fluency, and vocabulary development.
The assessments in SIPPS facilitate initial placement and monitoring student progress toward mastery of the foundational skills.
Companion Fluency Libraries
Practice libraries provide age-appropriate collections of books specially chosen for characteristics of decodability that support struggling readers.These libraries help students transition from decodable texts to trade books.
SIPPS: Aligned with the RTI/MTSS Model


Super Core resources to get you started
Check out our selection of Super Core resources – all designed to help you get the most out of using Super Core, and experience success with AAC.
Super Core manual
Download the Super Core manual and learn all about how Super Core works, the different features, the research behind it.
Printable low tech communication boards
There are also some low tech AAC resources, which you can print out, to make it even easier for the AAC learner to have access to symbol communication at all times.
The communication boards are designed to be used alongside the Super Core vocabulary, but it can also be used to introduce important core vocabulary, before getting started with Super Core.
Super Core 50 communication boards
Super Core 30 communication boards
Super Core Learning Grids
The Super Core Learning grids are designed to help learners to get started with AAC and develop their confidence in using AAC within common daily routines and motivating play activities. These additional grids are available with a lower cell count of 12 and 20 cells.
12 cell Learning grids
20 cell Learning grids
Get started with Super Core
Watch the introductory tutorial video to learn all about Super Core and get some tips on how to use it.
Get to know Super Core in more detail
This in-depth introduction to Super Core will show you exactly how the vocabulary works and discuss the research behind it. You’ll also get to know the many features that support language, learning and literacy development.
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Substitution and Passing Chords
P2P | PDF | 11MB
This volume contains passing chords and chord substitutions for Diatonic Tones I through Major VII
The voicings in this reference are used in the patent pending system and technique created by Creative Music. Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization.
This is the first time that this information has appeared in print allowing anybody to create that soulful sound in their music.
With this course you will be creating harmonies and progressions to go with music of your choice.
There are no songs or progressions to memorize in this course. This is because you are going to be creating your own progressions and harmonies to go with the songs that you choose. This is a step-by-step that you can apply to any piece of music
Gregory Moody Creative Music's founder is an accomplished musician and software engineer, who comes from a family lineage of musicians, i.e., his world famous cousin NEA jazz master and recording artist, James Moody.
Music education has not changed in the last century, and Creative Music is on the forefront of turning that around. We are re-inventing how music has been taught for the last century. Our instructional method goes against the grain of all past music education teaching methodologies.


Research on COVID-related school closures from March 2020 onward suggests that students could be a half to a full year behind academically when the new school year begins—a challenge called the “COVID Slide” that is likely to be compounded by continued school closures.
To counter this trend, Virtua Education combines artificial intelligence (AI) with the latest advances in learning science and neuroscience to develop personalized learning pathways in reading, math and science that’s easy to use for students and parents. The AI engine constantly adapts based on the learner’s focus, difficulty levels, and pace of learning, among other factors. The platform boasts over 2,700 micro-lessons and a rich variety of other assets, including unlimited access to 25,000 age-appropriate eBooks including the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series,The Lord of the Rings Series, Garfield, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Berenstain Bears, audiobooks, magazine subscriptions including National Geographic Kids, online book clubs, online language instruction in Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese, other instructional videos and more.
Developed by the Homeschool Buyer’s Co-op, the world’s largest buying club for homeschoolers and families for over a decade, Virtua Education offers kids in grades K-12 access to the world’s leading AI learning engine for the first time. Key features and functionality include:
- The AI engine creates personalized learning pathways that plug gaps in knowledge and remedy misconceptions.
- Easy-to-use data dashboards help parents to guide their children through their learning. Areas where the child requires additional support or challenge are quickly identified.
- Families are provided with thousands of high-quality resources for use in a variety of learning models.
“As parents and students navigate this new normal during an unpredictable back to school season, Virtua Education is offering incredible educational content to supplement learning and to meet learners at their individual level. The platform also serves as a virtual aid for parents who are supporting their kids’ education during the school year – wherever it’s taking place,” said Jae Choi, CEO of Virtua Education. “We are excited to offer a tool that enhances the learning experience for the entire family at home.”
Virtua Education is available now for just $1 for a 30-day trial and then $29.99/month for the subscription. TV host and tech expert Katie Lindendoll recently featured Virtua Education as part of her “What’s Cool For School” segment that was syndicated on broadcast and radio nationwide. For additional information or to purchase a subscription, visit www.virtuaeducation.com.
About Virtua Education
Virtua Education is a leading research-backed learning platform personalized for children’s individual needs to support households engaged in at home learning. By combining artificial intelligence (AI) with the latest advances in learning science and neuroscience, Virtua Education develops personalized learning pathways in reading, math and science for kids in K-12. The all-in-one, AI powered platform, constantly adapts to a child’s learning level and boasts over 2,700 micro-lessons. It also provides unlimited access to 25,000 age-appropriate eBooks, online book clubs, magazine subscriptions, and much more. Developed by the Homeschool Buyers Co-op, the world’s largest buying club for homeschoolers and families since 2006, the Co-op represents nearly 300,000 families across the nation. For more information, please visit www.virtuaeducation.com, review Virtua’s helpful blogs for parents or follow Virtua Education on Facebook or Instagram.
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