Let children think, imagine and remember!
Adele Deasy Plan A
Working alongside professionals, individually or in teams, to motivate, upskill and direct value driven change | TEDx speaker | Ethical leadership | Coaching | Motivation | Confidence | Podcast host
4th December 2019
Imagination is the air of the mind
(Philip James Bailey)
How to Learn – Matt Bromley
I absolutely love this author and his style of writing. He also writes for Sec Ed so you may already be a fan of his work. I will feature three of his books during these advent posts. How to Learn focuses on the positive, demonstrates intentional strategies to help the brain learn and remember and how to engage in each memory type to ensure success.
Each chapter is a ‘take away’ and the book enables you to dip into what you fancy if reading cover to cover isn’t your thing!
A thought for your classroom …
With carefully selected music playing to set the scene and evoke interest and curiosity, hand each pupil a coloured pen as you greet them at the classroom door. No books – no sitting down – instructions on the screen.
Pupils move around the room to add anonymous ideas to one of the A3 pieces of paper which have been set out around the room;
Who do you admire?
Who has been kind to you this week?
Which of your skills do you value most?
Which country would you like to visit one day?
If you could give everyone one thing … what would it be?
Who in school supports you most?
or any others that are relevant to your learning world. Time now for some reflection or Socratic thought activities to ponder the answers.