Description
Doing hands-on activities is a great way to support your more energetic learners so they can stay engaged mentally and physically, but did you know that you can use movement and touch to enrich learning for reserved students as well?
In this 1-hour course, Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., will teach you how to:
- Reinforce learning with movement
- Teach core concepts with hands-on activities
- Create a fun classroom environment
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Candice – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome course for all ages!
Becky – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
The ideas were great.
Amanda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
interesting and very upbeat training.
Thelma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
The activities were nice and am sure the students will enjoy them!
Anna – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Sharon – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It is helpful to gain new ideas on incorporating movement in the classroom. It would be a plus to view videos of actual students trying these movement activities.
Kristi – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was a nice reminder that movement can be simple and still effective.
Ronna – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This is a good course for a quick review of strategies for engaging kids kinesthetically. Most of them are things you may already know but sometimes get bogged down in the year and forget to implement.
Amanda – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I love the ideas presented in this course!
Christi – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I got some great new ideas, but also lots of ideas I already use.