Resources for Educators

Teaching Tip

From the Teacher’s Aide Newsletter

2002 Summer

Creative Classroom

  • 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.