Sentences with phrase «teachable moments in»

It's frustrating to say the least, but I had one of the most teachable moments in my life at a recent industry event in New York.

To get kids truly «ready,» the initiative covers a range of topics from preparing them for their first day to finding teachable moments in everyday activities.

Here's how to find teachable moments in disagreements:

Our focus with Teachable Moments in Early Childhood will enable leaders and administrators to build teacher awareness in regards to the endless teachable moments that occur throughout each day in your early childhood program.

Philena sees educational opportunities and teachable moments in virtually everything she does, whether she is working in her official capacity for the Mayor's Office of Sustainability, modelling sustainable and simple living for others, facilitating continuing education classes or workshops, volunteering for NWEI, connecting community members, advocating for small businesses or for her beloved grandmother.

Punishing involves negativity and there's not really any teachable moments in punishment.

Beginning in the election campaign and continuing through the presidency, there have been many teachable moments in the form of 140 characters that come from the personal Twitter account of President Donald Trump.

When teachers seize teachable moments in their classrooms to build character, they're doing much of the same but seemingly a bit more authentically since the integration isn't in the shape of a formal lesson.

Re: thinking Re: thinking blends personal reflection with a challenge to rethink school culture and policy as 9th grade teacher Ben Wildeboer finds teachable moments in events like the Japanese quake and explains the importance of «hard fun» for students.

These were great teachable moments in digital footprint, handling negativity and removing our own comments and making virtual amends all within a closed environment.

Look for teachable moments in their games and do what you can to reinforce those at home and you will certainly see the positive impact of team sports on your child's life!

Finding teachable moments in daily life should be a base play in your fathering game plan; it's something you should be doing all the time.

She strives to help parents notice teachable moments in whatever books they share with their children.

One of my all - time favorite teachable moment in my product design work is about a design fail we experienced with a stylus pen.

Now some see school food as a teachable moment in which the first lady grows a vegetable garden at the White House and kids learn life lessons in how to eat better and stay healthy.

The focus on testing also has an interesting side effect: it makes it hard for wise educators to take advantage of the teachable moment in their concern to stick with the stuff that will appear on the test.

Thus, Bogost's critique presented Darvasi's students with a terrific teachable moment in which they could engage in critique and debate over whether digital games can — or should — be used to tell stories.

The responses given by both Governor Malloy and Secretary Duncan provided us all with a teachable moment in politics, critical thinking, research, statistics, and media literacy.

... «The past year was a good teachable moment in terms of the types of impacts we anticipate with climate change,» said Art DeGaetano, a climate expert from Cornell who was one of the report's authors.

I wonder if there wasn't a teachable moment in all that which may apply to today?

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This is a teachable moment, he said, because in the age of AI, virtually every big company will find itself where Facebook is today — being held responsible for how it collects and uses the data that drives its business.

It became a teachable moment, of course, but again it shows that understanding does not follow automatically from habit, especially in childhood.

Three and a half years later we continue to be in an extended teachable moment.

That «locker room talk» turned into a teachable moment for a man - in - the - making: make that two men - in the making, because after driving away, the second boy, seated wide - eyed in the back seat the entire time, asked my husband if he was going to «beat up» the other boy for what he said.

I think this is what they'd call in education a teachable moment.

If anything, wouldn't a Christian, confident in the foundations of their beliefs, not want to use such art as a teachable moment?

Finally, I hope and pray that we can turn this into a teachable moment that benefits our whole evangelical community, both in our gospel witness, and in our civil - society participation.

«Meatless Monday is one more way in which we are using school meals as a teachable moment to educate students on the importance of making healthy choices.»

The worst was hearing the broadcasters say the Villinuava getting tagged out by the third basemen on a ball in front of him at second base was a teachable moment.

He saw the pain his good friend was in and committed to making it a teachable moment.

«A Teachable Moment,» August 17, 2008 «While it is true that for decades the children of New Orleans toiled in a substandard school system, they have also continually faced countless other obstacles to success — inadequate health care, poorly educated parents, exposure to high rates of violent crime and a popular culture that often denigrates mainstream achievement.»

However the child psychotherapist in me can't resist commenting, as your article provides a great teachable moment.

They should get involved in every facet of their child's life, provide an exemplary model, and they should look for and act on teachable moments.

In fact, a learning vacation, or educational travel, is a rapidly growing genre of travel as parents seek to combine the excitement of travel with the opportunity to create teachable moments for their children.

Turn those squabbles into teachable moments, and ask him how a good friend would have acted in the situation.

There are plenty of «teachable moments» in this book!

October 29, 2014 — The Whole Child, Issue # 95 Play is the Work of Childhood July 08, 2013 — The Whole Child, Issue # 92 Effective Discipline: 13 Tips December 14, 2012 — The Whole Child, Issue # 91 Summer Chillin» November 01, 2012 — The Whole Child, Issue # 90 Protect Your Girls» Girlhood July 25, 2011 — The Whole Child, Issue # 083 Kids & Dogs June 21, 2011 — The Whole Child, Issue # 082 Developmental Delays January 18, 2011 — The Whole Child, Issue # 079 First Time Obedience November 23, 2010 — The Whole Child, Issue # 077 - Before you buy... X October 12, 2010 — The Whole Child, Issue # 076 - New Baby, New Website and New Possibilities July 13, 2010 — The Whole Child, Issue # 073 Teachable Moments June 10, 2010 — The Whole Child, Issue # 072 Relaxed Preschooling March 10, 2010 — The Whole Child, Issue # 069 More Math Tips and Missing Activities March 09, 2010 — The Whole Child, Issue # 068 How to Avoid Math Anxiety January 07, 2010 — The Whole Child, Issue # 066 School Readiness November 03, 2009 — The Whole Child, Issue # 064 FOUR YEARS OLD November 26, 2008 — The Whole Child, Issue # 056 - Greed vs Appreciation October 19, 2008 — The Whole Child, Issue # 055 - On Safari in South Africa April 28, 2008 — The Whole Child, Issue # 051 - Bilingual homes December 21, 2007 — The Whole Child, Issue # 046 - Christmas Boogie December 12, 2007 — The Whole Child, Issue # 045 - Ho - Ho, Chocolates, Milk and Vinegar?

In the early years, it makes sense to focus on the experiential learning for kids while providing teachable moments.

While it may be tempting to shy away from talking about physical disabilities that our kids notice because we don't have all the answers, it's better to seize teachable moments and address questions honestly in age appropriate ways the best we can.

Sneak the learning in at teachable moments rather than making teaching the focus of playtime.

A teachable moment occurs when you find yourself — often suddenly and unexpectedly — in a situation rife with moral implications.

Technically, the term teachable moment refers to a stage in a child's development when he is most receptive to learning a certain concept or skill.

A teachable moment can be thought of as a quick moment in time when your child's interest in a specific subject is at its highest, usually because of a conversation or immersion in a situation that brings on intense curiosity.

The idea of teachable moments is not new, although, until relatively recently, it's been a term more often used in classrooms than at home.

Childhood 101 says: When playing with them, observe times that they move from one activity to another and use these as teachable moments, «I will come and play with the blocks too but I am just going to pop the book back away in the basket first.»

With the political campaigns and conventions in full swing, it's a great time to talk to our kids about what's in the news and take advantage of teachable moments.

Talking to children about values and taking advantage of «teachable moments» to help children see how values can and should direct behavior in everyday life

«She constantly looks for and finds teachable moments, and her care for every one of our students and employees is evident in all that she does and says.

In a single day, your kids could experience dozens of teachable moments — seeing grasshoppers and rainbows, hearing sirens and curse words, walking by a homeless man or driving by a mansion.

In a single day, your kids will experience dozens of teachable moments — seeing grasshoppers and rainbows, hearing sirens and curse words, walking by a homeless man or driving by a mansion; watching a sunrise.