“Every child deserves the opportunity to have a successful early learning experience, which is the foundation for becoming a lifelong learner,” writes Bob Sornson, PhD, author of The Juice Box Bully: Empowering Kids to Stand Up For Others. “My work with the Early Learning Foundation is all about helping parents and schools be more effective…
Tag: politics
Group strives to wipe out Kenyan poverty
BOISE — Caring Hearts and Hands of Hope is a Boise-based organization that wants to eradicate poverty in Kenya by helping orphans, children of widows and those from abject poverty with high school tuition costs, the Idaho Press Tribune reports. Today in Kenya, 56 percent of the people earn less than a dollar a day….
Blended learning – the convergence of teaching strategies and technology
The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation announced a $5 million grant to establish a pair of Doceõ Centers for Innovation + Learning at two Idaho universities, one public and one private. The Doceõ Centers at the University of Idaho and Northwest Nazarene University will focus on blended learning – the convergence of teaching strategies and…
Creative Writing Lesson Plan – Tuesday 6/11/13
Nice job yesterday. I really enjoyed meeting all of you and was impressed by the way you exhibited seriousness about this class and about your writing. Keep up that attitude and we will have a very fruitful summer session. REMINDERS: No electronic devices in class. There will be a quiz in class on Wednesday on…
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
“It has always been with a sense of awe that I have regarded those who have either voluntarily or involuntarily, assumed the role of guardians of life and liberty, by taking an oath to preserve and defend the Constitution against enemies, foreign and domestic.,” writes Richard Larsen in the Idaho State Journal: I’m deeply moved…
Young Journalist’s Book: How to Write and Produce Your Own Newspaper
CBS anchor Scott Pelley said at a speech at Quinnipiac University that journalists “are getting big stories wrong, over and over again,” as quoted by a commenter on The Idaho State Journal politics blog. Young Journalist’s Book: How to Write and Produce Your Own Newspaper, is a great place to help children begin learn the…
Teaching Young Adults About Communism
Communism: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) is strategically short. Not a word is wasted in its mere 194 pages. Teachers and parents can engage young people with this text becauseit is very enjoyable and easy to read, yet dense with insight.
JANE ADDAMS CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Recipients of the 2013 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced by the Jane Addams Peace Association. Each Kindness, written by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis and published by Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin, is the winner in the Books for Younger Children Category. We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s…
Young People's Pavilion 