Resources for Nature-Based Learning

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UPDATED 4/10/2020

Schooled in Debate by Matthew R. Kay

Debate and deliberation skills can help students build both confidence and "fearless humility." In this Educational Leadership article, author and educator, Matthew R. Kay explains how his father's approach to "verbal sparring" informed his own teaching strategies. 

Finding the Joy

Having trouble finding the joy? Listen to this Read, Write, Think (and Listen) with Renee podcast with Stenhouse authors, Renee Houser and Katie Egan Cunningham and discover tips on how to find the joy.

Assessment in the Online Classroom with Rick Wormeli

NEW Teacher's Corner Podcast! Hear from Stenhouse author, Rick Wormeli talk about his thoughts on grading and assessment in the virtual classroom.

Dear Colleague 

Regie Routman, author of Literacy Essentials, and her two granddaughters created these blank writing notebooks via our friends at The Daily CAFE—a simple idea to promote equity, choice, & real-world writing for ALL your students. Open-ended guidelines included.

A Master Class in How to Teach K-8 Math

Learn why this MiddleWeb Resources reviewer called Marian Small's Understanding the Math We Teach and How to Teach It a "career-long resource."

Free Webinar with Graham Fletcher

Sign up today for this free webinar with Graham Fletcher on 4/22 at 4 p.m. ET and learn ways to facilitate 3-Act Math Tasks remotely. These rich tasks will help you connect with your students, create spaces for sharing ideas, and engage in productive math thinking from home. All registrants will receive a recording.

Infusing Literacy Learning and Joy

Here is chapter one from Start with Joy, in which Katie Egan Cunningham provides practical ideas and insights into how to infuse your literacy instruction with the science of happiness. Hopefully, you will find it helpful in giving your students—and you—some much-needed joy.

Free Webinar with Matthew R. Kay

Join Stenhouse author of Not Light, But Fire, Matthew R. Kay on April 15th at 4pm EST for a 90-minute FREE webinar. Discover the methods and strategies for initiating and facilitating meaningful, productive, and respectful dialogues about race.

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We Are Here to Help

Looking for some guidance during these confusing times? Gravity Goldberg, author of the Teacher’s Toolkit for Independent Reading, and her colleagues are here to help. Read to learn about what they're planning over the next few weeks to support their fellow educators. 

 

Join the Book Study

Head over to the Literacy Teacher Book Club Facebook Group and join in a discussion on the new Peter Johnston, et al. book, Engaging Literate Minds, which is about developing children's social, emotional, and intellectual lives. 

 

Family Friendly Resources to Support Reading Comprehension

Stenhouse author, Trevor Bryan created these family friendly resources to support reading comprehension at home and virtually based on the ideas from his popular book, The Art of Comprehension. Check it out here!

 

Teacher's Corner Podcast with Matthew R. Kay

Listen to this Teacher's Corner podcast on how to initiate and facilitate meaningful discussions about race in your classroom with author of Not Light, But Fire, Matthew R. Kay.   

 

 

Connect on writing

Stenhouse author of Welcome to Writing Workshop, Stacey Shubitz and her colleagues over at the Two Writing Teachers have an active blog and they're always looking to connect educators around writing.  Find out what they're up to. 

 

The Professor and the Principal Podcast

More resources for you to access from home from Stenhouse author of the new book Start with Joy, Katie Egan Cunningham and her husband. Check out their podcast!

 

Coronavirus Teaching Support from The Classroom Bookshelf

Stenhouse author, Erika Dawes and her colleagues have been curating some of the amazing resources that schools, libraries, companies, and organizations have been making available during this time of crisis. Check them out here!

   

Talking Math with Kids

Looking for some ways to keep your kids thinking about math while they're home? Check out this website from Stenhouse author, Christopher Danielson, Talking Math with Your Kids! 

 

 

Free Online Teaching Support Group

Mike Flynn and Sarah Bent from Mount Holyoke College have created a virtual professional learning community to support educators (PreK-16) in this transition to online education. Join this group to access to all of the free resources, attend live trainings and/or receive the recordings, and get the support you need. 

 

 

100 Days of Free Professional Learning

NCTM to announce 100 days of free professional learning. Check in here for more details. 

 

 

#CountingCollectionsAtHome

Follow #countingcollectionsathome on Twitter to get some ideas on doing math activities at home inspired by the book Choral Counting & Counting Collections!  

 

 

Virtual Patterns of Power

Stenhouse author Whitney La Rocca has created a Virtual Patterns of Power Course that you can use with your students to continue the Patterns of Power process during quarantine. Head over to the Patterns of Power Facebook Community to access the page that explains everything and download a PDF version. 

 

 

Get Online Learning Tips from the Pros

Stenhouse author, Mike Flynn and his colleagues at Mount Holyoke College have created an innovative and highly regarded online-learning system for graduate students in math education. He has also trained K-12 teachers and higher education faculty in best practices for online instruction. FInd out what guidance he has to offer in this blogpost from ASCD, Transitioning to Online Learning: Pro Tips on What You Need to Know.

 

 

Open Middle Math at Home

If you're thinking about what you're going to be doing to keep your kids occupied, check out the Open Middle problems on openmiddle.com. They're always free and you'll find some amazing thinking happening. 

 

 

Math Games Online

Here’s an engaging online game from author of the new Stenhouse book Early Childhood Math Routines, Toni Cameron and her colleagues over at Metamorphosis Teaching Learning Communities that will help you support the development of student reasoning in grades K-2 and beyond! 

 

Meaningful Race Conversations with Matthew R. Kay

‎Listen to Stenhouse author, Matthew R. Kay on this Little Things First podcast and find out how to help create a school ecosystem for meaningful race conversations. 

 

 

 

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