By Laura Farley (I am a curious teacher who enjoys sparking joy and wonder in children and spending my weekends peering into tide pools and bird watching.) A couple of years ago, when I was teaching Grade 1/2 in Calgary, the first snow of the year fell outside on the playground. The students were excited […]
Category: Imaginative Education (IE): Activities & Insights
These posts are all about Imaginative Education (Dr. Kieran Egan’s imagination-focused approach to teaching.) Learn about the imagination’s role in learning and how to engage it in teaching!
An Imaginative Approach to Teaching Literacy in the Primary Classroom
Judith Ameresekere (MEd in Imaginative Education, lover of literacy, and Primary Educator) Teaching grade two students how to write well is no walk in the park. Typically, in a given year, I have a few students who absolutely love writing and are skilled at using their imagination in their writing. However, a vast majority of […]
YouTube: Greatest Science Book EVER?
By Brandon Hendrickson YouTube is a firehose of garbage: gossip, fake news, and conspiracy theories. It’s also the greatest science book humanity has ever written. Armed with YouTube, you can begin for your students a science education that, before ten years ago, the wealthiest people in the world couldn’t have accessed — one that’s trustworthy, […]