Drawn from the e-book “Think UP! Developing High Level Instructional Supports – A Guidebook for Coaches and Instructional Leaders,” this episode looks at teacher intentionality. In this podcast, Sara Beach, M. ED from Synapse Early Learning System discusses the benefits of pushing oneself, as a teacher, to become more intentional, and what this means. Using some real classroom examples, we promote taking the initiative
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MATH IN DAILY EVENTSYou do not need a math station to teach numbers and math concepts. Math is everywhere. Math can be used in non math activities. Sara Beach, M. ED from Synapse Early Learning System shows us how to use math words and concepts as part of your students daily routine, transitions, mealtime, large groups, and all throughout your day. She reviews
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Math CAN Be Fun to Teach! Math is a subject a lot of teachers either shy away from or don’t really know how or what to teach. Yet, research has shown that early Math skills are predictive of later math AND reading achievement; there is a strong tie between children’s expressive vocabulary and their math learning in Pre-K. Sara Beach,
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For months now our routines have been disrupted with the extended stay at home order and continued progression of COVID-19. Stress and anxieties levels are high while parents and teachers navigate working from home, distance learning, and trying to find our routines in our chaotic situations. We all depend on routines, starting with what we do as soon as we
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