Creative Classroom

Teaching Tip

Keep resources in a handy binder. Include meditations, class exercises, teaching tools, and self-exploration projects.
Role play, small groups, and partnering assist the interpersonal and playful learners.
Keep resources in a handy binder. Include meditations, class exercises, teaching tools, and self-exploration projects.
Present, present, present: Students learn while they teach. Have students prepare lectures from the reading material or research a topic they are interested in that isn t covered in the curriculum.
Hold classes outside occasionally.
Break up the monotony with moving meditations such as a simple Chi Kung exercise.
Be willing to “play” with your students; they are more willing to try something new when you are at ease with them.
Discuss learning styles and design projects that work with each learning style.
Play instrumental music during group activities or writing exercises.
Change the routine or seating arrangement.
Promote personal integration through journaling.
Instruct students to write responses to questions or list key points on Post-It Notes^®. Then students arrange them (by topic or importance) on a wall.
Short meditations can be great for refocusing the class or for inspiration.
Try Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life, by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
Hold “round-robin” reviews with students standing.