by Lemi-Ola Erinkitola | Feb 3, 2021 | Critical Thinking and Reading, Critical Thinking Strategies
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman has taken the world by storm in recent weeks. The youngest inaugural poet ever at 22 years old, Gorman was named the nation’s first Junior Poet Laureate when she was 19. Following the inauguration, books of Amanda Gorman poems were numbers...
by Lemi-Ola Erinkitola | Mar 29, 2020 | 4th Industrial Revolution, Coronavirus COVID-19, Coronvirus (COVID-19), Critical Thinking and 3rd-6th, Critical Thinking and Math, Critical Thinking and PreK-2nd, Critical Thinking and Reading, Critical Thinking Strategies, Homeschooling, Learning Apps, online learning, remote learning
You may have already eased into your new “stay at home” routine, or you may still be adjusting. Education from home is new for many of us, so today we’re going to highlight valuable resources and online teaching tools you can use at home. Math Resources Math education...
by Lemi-Ola Erinkitola | Mar 19, 2020 | 4th Industrial Revolution, Critical Thinking and 3rd-6th, Critical Thinking and Math, Critical Thinking and PreK-2nd, Critical Thinking and Reading, Critical Thinking Strategies, Cyber safety, Cyber Security, e-learning, Homeschooling, Homework Help, online learning, remote learning
With students home from school for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic, families are trying to make sense of a new normal. While it can be challenging to create or maintain schedules during these times of education from home, putting in place a...
by Lemi-Ola Erinkitola | Mar 13, 2020 | 4th Industrial Revolution, Afterschool ideas, Cognitive Skills, Critical Thinking and 3rd-6th, Critical Thinking and Math, Critical Thinking and PreK-2nd, Critical Thinking and Reading, Critical Thinking Strategies, Extraordinary Parents, Homework Help
It’s an uncertain time. Coronavirus concerns persist, and many schools, districts, and parents have turned to e-learning for their kids for the foreseeable future. Whether children are at home full time or part time, this puts additional stress on parents and students...
by Lemi-Ola Erinkitola | Feb 18, 2020 | 4th Industrial Revolution, Critical Thinking and 3rd-6th, Critical Thinking and Math, Critical Thinking and PreK-2nd, Critical Thinking and Reading
When you hear the phrase “industrial revolution” you probably think of the first Industrial Revolution, which took place in the late 1700s and early 1800s and marked the shift from farming and agriculture to machines and new ways of manufacturing. However, here in the...
by Lemi-Ola Erinkitola | Aug 19, 2019 | Attention, Building Spatial Reasoning, Cognitive Skills, Common core, Critical Thinking and Math, Critical Thinking and PreK-2nd, Critical Thinking and Reading, Critical Thinking Strategies, Math, Parent tips, Spatial Reasoning, STEAM, STEM, STEM and STEAM, Subitizing
Spatial thinking is one of those phrases that shows up often in the world of cognitive science. If you have a child in pre-K or elementary school, odds are their teacher may have heard of the term. But what is spatial thinking and why is it so important? What is...
