Sentences with phrase «small groups of children on»

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What helped him most was surrounding himself with people he could lean on and trust, namely has wife, children, and a small group of friends who promised to support him, but never pity him.

Merle M. Ohlsen describes group counseling of adolescents and children in schools.9 Helen Driver reports on two groups for high school seniors, three groups for college students, and four leaderless teachers» groups.10 The second part of Driver's book reports on forty - four projects using small groups in elementary, high school, college, and graduate professional schools (as well as mental health settings), as described by the leaders of each group.

Several years ago I read about a study done on a group of small children who were taken to the top of a mountain where there was this wide open space that went on for miles and were told to go play.

We dedicate only a small fraction of the public money we spend on children to the earliest years; in one recent international ranking, the United States placed 31st out of a group of 32 developed nations in the proportion of total public spending on social services that goes to early childhood.

The benefit of learning in a group is that each child makes their own small module, and when everyone is done the group can connect the modules... MORE together and run trains on them.

I have been stressed out over the daily bad reports on my son... who is usually very sweet and good with his friends 1 - 1, his cousins and small groups of children.

A 1990's evaluation of the Parents as Teachers (PAT) program also failed to find differences between groups on measures of parenting knowledge and behaviour or child health and development.17 Small positive differences were found for teen mothers and Latina mothers on some of these measures.

She described the research findings — based on a small study of 40 children being treated for concussion and a control group — as a major first step.

In a test of their idea, they farmed out a task to design a small chair for children to a group of 60 paid workers on Amazon's Mechanical Turk.

In the high astigmatism group, the effects of glasses on reading were most apparent among older children reading smaller text.

Weakness in this group is possibly due to a lack of lateral movement in our daily routines and exercise habits, as well as the typically female postures of sitting cross-legged at our desks or standing with one hip dropped (often with a small child perching on it).

The smallest group included 11 children who lacked key bacteria on the one hand, and an excess of certain gut fungi on the other.

«Although it is possible that a very small group of children who are allergic to artificial colorings or preservatives may show improvement in symptoms on restriction diets, evidence is insufficient to recommend routine, widespread use of restriction diets to treat a child's ADHD symptoms.»

The three members of this group vary in size; the smallest (a translucent white being with few discernible features) is a fraction of Mei's size, the middle one is about as tall as the girl, while the largest is big enough to support Mei on his rounded stomach (which he does, in their memorable first encounter) as well as a dozen other children her size.

Based on a series of beloved children's» books not well - known outside of their native country, the film focuses on an elderly toad named Gordon — the chief of police in a small forest enclave, populated by a small group of rabbits, blackbirds and squirrels.

In the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shapeshifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.

I prefer to have the children work on the pages individually before they compare their designs and work together as a small group to collaboratively create the map, their group plan of the village and planning the Thanksgiving Feast.

in Welsh • Started learning numbers 1 - 10 (and beyond) The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

Resources include: Flash cards Matching Pairs Worksheets Games Word searches The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

• Begin to learn time words associated with days of the week e.g. today, yesterday, tomorrow The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

Resources include: Flash Cards for display and learning vocab Matching Pairs Game What's in the wardrobe labeling activity worksheet Clothes «Squares Game» Clothes word search Extension Activity - colours and clothes Lesson Plan The objectives of this lesson are: By the end of the session most children will: • Begin to learn some words for clothes • Know the French words for some of the clothes they are wearing • Be able to respond to questions about clothes The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

Resources include: Flash Cards for display and matching pairs activity (inc word document so that you can edit) Matching vocab and picture worksheet Fill in the correct transport worksheet Transport wordsearch Transport «Squares Game» Lesson Plan The objectives of this lesson are: By the end of the session most children will: • Be learning to use «I go by... (train, bus etc) • Be able identify some words for various forms of transport • Start to answer questions in French about different types of transport The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

Parts of the body «Squares Game» Lesson Plan The objectives of this lesson are: By the end of the session most children will: • Begin to learn some different words for parts of the body • Be able to listen and respond by pointing to body parts • Start to recognise the words for different body parts The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

Resources include: Flash Cards for display and matching pairs activity (inc word document so that you can edit) Matching vocab and picture worksheet Filling in the missing menu items worksheet Food wordsearch Lesson Plan The objectives of this lesson are: By the end of the session most children will: • Be learning to use «I would like» • Answer what would you like with a food item in French • begin to learn a range of foods The planning is fairly flexible you can spend longer on some parts than others, do activities as a whole class or print multiple resources and work as smaller groups - whatever works for your group of children!

The algorithm employed by the software considers each child's entering skill level and progress made during the school year to recommend several dimensions of instruction, including assignment to small, homogenous ability groups, the amount of time spent on code - versus meaning - focused literacy, and teacher / child versus child - managed delivery.

The Center on the Developing Child is pleased to participate in the collaborative effort to refine, test, and produce professionally crafted sets of the Brain Architecture game, ready to be played in large - or small - group settings.

Over the course of this grant, FOI: (1) is producing professional development materials to help staff representing multiple state agencies better understand the basic science of child development generally and the promotion of executive function and self - regulation skills more specifically; (2) is supporting the creation of small learning communities, building on existing relationships at the site and policy level and connecting to other learning communities across North America; (3) is supporting the Washington cross-agency working group to sustain its current gains and momentum during the upcoming executive branch transition in January and to share lessons learned with the broader national FOI community of states and Canadian provinces; and (4) is beginning conversations with stakeholders at the community level to explore mutual interests and is beginning to chart a path toward enhanced collaboration within the state.

Leading on from this is a new meadow lawn area and ecological planting was established around the existing trees and a number of enclosed seating areas have been set into the natural planting to encourage quieter contemplation and conversation between small groups of children.

It is hardly surprising that only a minority of rural children gets into secondary school, and only a small part of that group goes on to higher education.

Each person in a group takes on the role of someone who was involved in the war, such as a Mexican soldier, a French soldier, a citizen from a small village, or a child whose father is a soldier.

Starting out as an artist in the schools 20 years ago, I was hired to perform in the auditorium, engage small groups of students in hands - on arts activities, and share with children...

A meta - analysis of pre-kindergarten programs found that those that focused on intentional teaching and small group and one - to - one interactions had larger impacts on child outcomes.

The Michigan bill is particularly puzzling because it actually mandates many of the alternative interventions identified as effective by practitioners and / or researchers, including regular diagnostic assessment of children in grades K - 3, «evidence - based» small group or 1 - on - 1 supplemental instruction for students in K - 3 failing to meet benchmarks, and intensive teacher professional development.

Having long criticized laws like the federal No Child Left Behind act and Indiana's Public Law 221 for relying too heavily on test scores, small groups of parents are planning to have their students «Opt Out» of statewide testing this spring.

On October 12, 2012, Snyder met with a small group of PS 9 parents to explain what it meant to be part of the Whole Child Network.

Strategy Instruction - another type of small group differentiated instruction that brings readers together who are not necessarily on the same instructional level yet these children have demonstrated a common «strategy» need, which is identified by the teacher

The teacher may appreciate you coming in to work with a small group of high - end children on a regular basis to teach Shakespeare while she teaches Haiku and limericks.

Pressed for time, a small group of superintendents and officials from a coalition of nine California school districts, representing 1.1 million students, are on their way to D.C. to ensure that its No Child Left Behind waiver proposal is passed in time for the upcoming school year.

Nevertheless, recent studies have begun to question whether incidental instruction through book reading may be substantial enough to significantly boost children's oral vocabulary development.19 Several meta - analyses, for example, have reported only small to moderate effects of book reading on vocabulary development.20 One group of researchers examined the added benefits of dialogic reading, an interactive reading strategy, on children's vocabulary growth and reported only modest gains for 2 - to 3 - year - olds.21 Further, these effects were reduced to negligible levels when children were 4 to 5 years old or when they were at risk for language and literacy impairments.

I value a short mini-lesson, grounded in content but focused on strategic thinking, followed by the majority of the block which can be used for independent conferring, small - group work, and the space and time for the children to navigate their own learning journeys.

-- The term «comprehensive literacy instruction» means instruction that — ... (D) makes available and uses diverse, high - quality print materials that reflect the reading and development levels, and interests, of children; (E) uses differentiated instructional approaches, including individual and small group instruction and discussion; (K) depends on teachers» collaboration in planning, instruction, and assessing a child's progress and on continuous professional learning;

You can either create a two column page with the family at the top and then have the children do the sort individually, or you can print them and have students sort them in small groups on a piece of chart paper.

«It's mostly an academic group that publishes papers on issues of animals and human problems and relationships, but they started talking about Anicare as this program they had developed for intervention in cases of animal abuse, [rehabbing] the perpetrators, which could be anyone from small children to adults,» she says.

It was interesting to see groups of small children learning to paddle canoes, not generally allowed on this scale in UK due to «health and safety».

Whether you're a retired couple, a family with small children or a group of enthusiastic open - water distance swimmers, we'd love to have a conversation with you to plan your perfect stay on the Galapagos Islands or the nearby Ecuador mainland or highlands of Peru.

If you are thinking of bringing any small children with you, we highly recommend arranging a private tour with us instead of going on a group service departure.

Two suite - style bedrooms are the perfect size for a family traveling with older children, a small group of friends or even a couple on honeymoon.

We accept families with children under 6 years of age that have small boat experience on Cabo Group Tours, although we strongly recommended a Private Boat tour for the best experience for all our guests.

His father, Warren McCollum, the son of an actress in New York and a child actor himself, performed a number of small parts on the Broadway stage, and a few small roles in movies in the late 1930s and early 1940s, including the role of «Jimmy Lane» in the 1938 cult classic, Reefer Madness; he remained active in local theater groups throughout much of his life, while working as a security guard at a local research corporation.