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How to Help a Student With an Eating Disorder

By Lori Lucero

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An eating disorder is a psychiatric illness that can affect both males and females. Afflicted individuals are terrified of gaining weight and express an intense desire to be thin. They restrict their caloric intake to dangerously low levels, ... more »

How to Know Your Child is Ready for Kindergarten

By Kurt Schwengel

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The new million dollar question in education has become, "Is my child ready for kindergarten?" As a kindergarten teacher since 1996, I would like to share some thoughts on when a child is ready. Remember, all children are different and you never ... more »

How to Make a "Going Green Book" (for students)

By Amber Dillon

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This is a simple project for the classroom teacher looking to add a green lesson to his or her curriculum... more »

How to Make a Sub Plan for a Substitute Teacher

By Kurt Schwengel

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Being an effective substitute teacher can be difficult, but it can be near impossible without a good sub plan left by the teacher. Sub plans are easy to write and cannot include too much detail. Follow these simple steps while making your sub ... more »

How to Make a Tornado Science Experiment

By Amanda Morin Morin

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There's no more powerful a learning tool than being able to see a concept in action. Since it's unlikely that you, your students or your child will travel into the middle of a tornado, the next best way to recreate the phenomenon is to create a ... more »

How to make free printable Spelling Worksheets

By jenstewart

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Make your own free printable spelling worksheets to enhance learning using a simple spelling software... more »

How to Make Goop

By energizerbunny

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Goop is great for art or science fair projects. And it teaches about liquids and solids,.. more »

How to Make Sure a Behavior Intervention Plan is a Workable Document

By whoodo

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One thing that bogs down many written documents, plans and reports is complicated language and too much content. To help make sure the behavior intervention plan works well for all parties involved, keep these tips to keep in mind... more »

How to Manage Difficult behavior in Autism

By Stevenw13

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Ah yes, behavior getting you down? Are traditional methods harder on the intervened or the intervenor? Why does behavior management have to come with so much stress and anxiety? As an average Joe with lots of time, I have attempted to answer ... more »

How to Motivate Young Students in Class

By Kurt Schwengel

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I would like to describe for you a classroom management technique that has been successful for some teachers. It specifically addresses the very well behaved students in the class. What happens to most perfectly behaved students at the end of ... more »

How to Perform a Screen Capture on a Mac

By Kurt Schwengel

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Did you know that anything you see on your computer can be captured as a screen shot for many uses? Many times you may see a logo or photo that you may want to save but it may be split up into 2 different files or you may want to include the ... more »

How to Safely Share Pictures on the Internet

By Kurt Schwengel

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I have been taking digital pictures of my students and safely sharing them with parents on the Internet since 1998. There are many photosharing websites that all do roughly the same thing. All of them are no charge to you. These photo sharing ... more »

How to Set Up a Free Classroom Website

By Kurt Schwengel

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Websites are a great way to communicate with students and parents and they're easy to create using Google Page Creator. I will show you how you can create a great looking classroom website that is absolutely free. You will not have to register a ... more »

How to Study Bowling in Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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What better way to teach kids their math facts up to 10 than to study bowling? Kids love bowling and it's not that hard to build a mini bowling alley in your classroom. The kids will be truly motivated to learn their math facts and you can also ... more »

How to Study Computers in the Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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In my kindergarten classroom, I have been teaching a computer thematic unit since 1996. The kids absolutely love it. I place the unit at the beginning of the year in order to give them all of the computer knowledge they will need throughout the ... more »

How to Study Star Wars in Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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I have been teaching Kindergarten since 1996 and my "Star Wars" thematic unit is my absolute favorite. While the other classes at my school are studying fairy tales, we are studying "Star Wars." (It is, after all, a modern day fairy tale.) This ... more »

How to Survive Your First Year as a Teacher

By bekalynndotcom

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Whether you are a career-changer or brand new to the job market, your first year of teaching can be a very stressful and trying experience. No amount of college-level education classes can fully prepare you for your first moment in front of the ... more »

How to Teach a Church Youth Group

By eHow Education Editor

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Church youth groups are a great ministry for a church. Keeping a group of teenagers' attention can be difficult. Being prepared and organized can change the chaos of an out-of-control meeting into an exciting and spiritual worship service... more »

How to Teach Children to Sing

By eHow Education Editor

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Teaching children to use their voices to make beautiful music is a fun and enjoyable task. To do this, you'll need lively music, catchy lyrics and contagious enthusiasm... more »

How to Teach Physics to Elementary School Students

By David Lessem

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Even today, Newton's laws of motion are the basis of our understanding of the movement of objects in the world around us. Through the use of toys and clear explanations, your students can understand the basics of Newtonian physics. Read on to ... more »

How to Teach Poetry to High School Students

By Karen Hamilton Silvestri

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My students always groan out loud when I happily announce, "Today we are going to learn about poetry!" I promise them that by the end of the unit, they will have a new appreciation for this form of the written word. And most of them do learn to ... more »

How to Teach Remedial Reading to College Students

By Karen Hamilton Silvestri

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It is often a challenge to teach Remedial Reading to college students because the students who land in the class are less than happy to be there. Many of them are terrified at the thought of having to read aloud. Here a few suggestions for ... more »

How to Teach Students With Learning Disabilities in a Mainstream Class

By eHow Education Editor

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Teaching students with special needs in a general education classroom benefits all students involved. The students with special needs receive appropriate education in the least restrictive environment, and general education and special education ... more »

How to Teach Walt Whitman Poems

By Karen Hamilton Silvestri

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Walt Whitman is considered the first poet of America. He answered Ralph Waldo Emerson’s call for new poets to express the New World of the United States. Whitman not only answered the call, he created a new style of writing that was uniquely ... more »

How to Teach Your Class About Picasso

By Kurt Schwengel

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Pablo Picasso is generally synonymous with art, so every child should be exposed to his work. Aside from just learning facts about him, they should experience his work by recreating their own art in his style. There is an amazing website ... more »

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