For Halloween 2016 and 2017, I did a version of Halloween Wars (a Food Network show) with my two classes of gifted elementary learners. I am sharing… Read more “Halloween Wars: An Interdisciplinary Lesson with a STEM, STEAM, Maker Education Focus”

Background Information I recently learned, for the first time, about Aristotle’s belief that there were three basic activities of humans: theoria (thinking), poiesis (making), and praxis (doing).… Read more “A Fuller Framework for Making in Maker Education”

Judy Willis in How to Teach Students About the Brain writes: If we want to empower students, we must show them how they can control their own… Read more “Teaching Elementary-Level Learners About the Brain”

Archaic Ways of Teaching Grammar We construct grammatically correct sentences or correct our mistakes by intuitively applying the rules that govern English syntax. If, instead, we had… Read more “Teaching Grammar-In-Context”