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.
Linda – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Angela – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of fun ideas given, excited to use some this school year.
Traci – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Fun ideas to engage learners!
Cordelia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I loved her activities for movement especially the way she uses the puppets.
Jennifer – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the different types of kinetics that can be used in any subject area.
Shanna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The information was very good and I look forward to using some of these strategies in my classroom this year.
zaida – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Sandra – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I love it. It had great resources.
Lynn – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
She has a lot of great ideas…including Art, Music, P.E. and Library games and activities.
Sandra P. – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent activities shared.