February 2010 - Education Tipster

IMMEDIATE REWARDS FOR APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR!

When young children receive immediate positive reinforcement for appropriate behavior, they are more likely to repeat that behavior. Positive reinforcement is "catching" a kid doing something you want them to do and rewarding it. This is an...

Published Sun, Feb 28 2010 8:18 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: children, kids, conduct, character development, appropriate behavior, rewards, problem behavior, teaching, manners, attitude, communication

Education World ® Lesson Planning: Heroes in History ABC Book

Education World ® Lesson Planning: Heroes in History ABC Book Moving Through all Seven Days link: http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/moving-through-all-seven-days/7386965# http://www.helium.com/users/406242.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/237923...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 9:55 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

INTERACTIVE WEBSITES FOR KIDS!

Instead of sitting in front of the television for hours, why not have your children learn as they have fun? Check out these enchanting websites for hours of interactive exploration in learning. Starfall K-2-Very interactive! Have fun while learning to...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 10:46 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, author, teaching tips, educationtipster, children, kids, websites, interactive games

AND THE ANSWER IS....

Thanks for those who stopped by to see my Creative Blogger Award. Thanks to everyone who tried to guess which statement was true. A GREAT BIG THANKS to those of you who guessed that I was a professional dancer when younger. I sure danced alot, but I never...

Published Sun, Feb 21 2010 12:15 PM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, educationtipster, creative writer award, answer

I RECIEVED A CREATIVE WRITER BLOGGER AWARD

Way too cool! Donna Shepherd http://www.poodleanddoodle.blogspot.com/ honored me and five others with the Creative Writer Blogger Award. But wait...there's a catch. Read on. First the rules: 1: Thank the person who gave you the award and link to them...

Published Sat, Feb 20 2010 9:57 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, educationtipster, nancy famolari, creative writer award, peggy fieland, donna shepherd, terri forehand

USA WOMEN OLYMPIANS

LINDSEY VONN Women's Downhill Women's Slalom Women's Giant Slalom Women's Super-G Women's Super-Combined Reigning queen of Alpine Vonn has already surpassed her childhood heroine's career performance on several levels. Vonn's...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 9:10 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, educationtipster, OLYMPICS, MEDAL WINNERS, WOMEN ATHLETES

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle: Ideas for the classroom

•Submitted by Dave Smith As the guidance counselor for 200 K-2 students, I teach weekly classroom guidance lessons. For the first lesson each September and the last lesson each June I read A House for Hermit Crab to every class. I ask them how Hermit...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 6:17 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, preschool, educationtipster, elementary education, games, children's books, activities, homeschool curriculum, a house for hermit crab, eric carle

FUN WITH THE LETTER Z!

Click on the image of the zebra to get a larger coloring page. Just print it out! 1. Listen for the "Z z" sound in these words. Tell if you hear it at the beginning, middle or the end of each word. Ziggy, lazy, gauze, buzz, zany, zero, crazy...

Published Sat, Feb 13 2010 4:03 PM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, educationtipster, children, games, kids, letter Z, phonics activities, coloring page

CREATIVE WRITING LESSON by Sara Dutcher

OBJECTIVE: This activity promotes basic description and argumentation. Alien Report You are a delegate from an alien planet, Xyxm, and your mission is to travel the galaxy and explore other planets. After visiting the planet Earth, you must report on...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 10:14 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, teaching tips, educationtipster, elementary education, creative writing, homeschool curriculum, writing prompts, lesson plan, sara dutcher, free writing

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

In honor of Black History month I'd like to share some great African children's games that you can play with your kids. The people of Africa are gifted with rhythm. So we find many of their games accompanied by chanting, hand clapping, stamping...

Published Wed, Feb 10 2010 6:54 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, preschool, educationtipster, children, activites, homeschool curriculum, african games, black history month

I'm honored to have my book, Moving Through All Seven Days reviewed by an excellent author and teacher, Nancy Sanders. She has authored over 75 children's books. Her most recent book is America's Black Founders : Revolutionary Heroes and Early...

Published Mon, Feb 08 2010 7:17 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, children's books, moving through all seven days, book review, nancy sanders, America's Black Founders

MEET AUTHOR/ANIMAL COMMUNICATOR: TIM LINK

Tim Link is an author, writer, speaker, and full-time animal communicator. As part of his passion for helping animals, Tim has also mastered Reiki - an ancient art of energy healing - which he uses on animals. Tim has recently been featured in numerous...

Published Sun, Feb 07 2010 11:21 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, educationtipster, author interviews, book reviews, tim link, animal communicator, wagging tales

NEW INTERACTIVE EZINE FOR KIDS!

The first issue of the new interactive ezine Guardian Angel Kids is now available online. http://guardian-angel-kids.com/ Children will the love the mascot, an adorable angel gecko named GAK. Stories, games, puzzles, activities, videos and more to entertain...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 8:44 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: educationtipster, children, book reviews, kids, books, guardian angel publishers, videos, interactive games, ezine, puzzles

GUEST AUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER: DANA DONOVAN

Please welcome my guest author for February. Dana E. Donovan is the author of the Tony Marcella detective series including The Witch’s Ladder, Eye of the Witch, The Witch’s Key, Bones of a Witch and Witch House. He has also penned the novels: Abandoned...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 5:01 PM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, educationtipster, author interviews, virtual book tour, photography, book covers, dana donavan

VISUAL DANCE POETRY!

I'm just putting the finishing touches on my new photography/poetry book titled, Visual Dance Poetry . It is a dream come true for me. With my graduate work and experience in Communication Arts, Television Production, and my graduate work in dance...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 9:59 AM by Educationtipster: Kathy Stemke, Author/Educator

Filed under: kathy stemke, educationtipster, education blog, dance, poetry, amazon books, blog chain, visual dance poetry, book excerpt, photography, nwcc