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How Healthy Is Your Classroom?
Every now and then it’s important to take a step back and take an objective look at your goals and the benchmarks you set to achieve them. As educators, many of your success metrics come from children’s academic progress, but if your goal is to keep a healthy classroom, there are some questions you can ask to gauge your improvement.
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Real-World Walkabouts: Contraction Matching
This activity by Suzannah Evans focuses on matching word groups with the correct contractions.
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Active Learning for Valentine's Day
Holidays are a wonderful way to harness students’ energy and excitement into active learning opportunities, and Valentine’s Day is no exception. With that in mind, we wanted to share some of our favorite heart-healthy and valentine-centered classroom activities for February 14th.
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Active Learning Opportunities for a Rainy Day
Inclement weather often means video and board games instead of movement- and learning-rich activities. Do your students stay active when they are home during inclement weather or when they are inside on a rainy day? Share these ideas with parents and guardians to help students move while they play and learn.
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Reading Recommendations
The Walkabouts team and our teacher advocates are all avid readers, and together we’ve read…
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Walkabouts: Much More Than Standard
Dr. Julian Reed created much more than a standard active learning platform with Walkabouts, but he did want to keep standards top of mind. That’s why Walkabouts correlate to state, Head Start, and NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) standards!
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6 Tips For Teachers to Learn New EdTech Quickly and Efficiently
Your school or district has purchased new EdTech, and now you are expected to implement it in your classroom. Where do you even start?
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ActivEd Teams Up With Active Schools
We are pleased to announce that ActivEd, Inc., the parent company of Walkabouts, is teaming up with Active Schools, an organization that recognizes the importance of daily physical activity and dedicates itself to providing resources to schools.
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5 Healthy Snacks for School
Are your students receiving all the nutrients they need for success? A well-balanced diet is important at any age, but it is especially important for children with growing bodies. In order to optimize learning, increase brain function, and develop healthy food habits, we recommend these five healthy snacks.
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Keep Students on Track During Inclement Weather
This school year has brought with it hurricanes, tropical storms, flooding, and fires. In many areas of the country, snow and ice will be visiting soon. What happens when your school closes due to inclement weather? Does the learning stop? It doesn’t have to! Some schools employ technology to keep students on track during unexpected days off and even to check on the well-being of students impacted by natural disasters.
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