Prepping the Brain: Easy and Effective Ways to Get Students Ready for Learning [Paperback]

Contributors: Linda Allen (Author), LeAnn Nickelsen (Author), Yvette Zgonc (Author), Sandra J. Taylor (Editor), Joyce Rainvill (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: January 3, 2008

This handy, research-based step book shows how you can align your teaching with the way the brain learns best. Packed with strategies and activities, Prepping the Brain is an easy-to-use resource that you ll refer to often as you help your students: build background knowledge activate prior knowledge process and consolidate information make meaning out of the curriculum store content in their long-term memories and then retrieve it easily You ll learn how to create a safe, nonthreatening, and inviting classroom environment and even how to exercise, feed, and water the brain! Parents need this information, too, so be sure to share it with them. If you use no more than two or three of these strategies in your classroom, you will still help your students learn better. Watch them go from passive listeners to actively engaged and motivated learners! (Grades 1-8)

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } This handy, research-based step book shows how you can align your teaching with the way the brain learns best. Packed with strategies and activities, Prepping the Brain is an easy-to-use resource that you ll refer to often as you help your students: build background knowledge activate prior knowledge process and consolidate information make meaning out of the curriculum store content in their long-term memories and then retrieve it easily You ll learn how to create a safe, nonthreatening, and inviting classroom environment and even how to exercise, feed, and water the brain! Parents need this information, too, so be sure to share it with them. If you use no more than two or three of these strategies in your classroom, you will still help your students learn better. Watch them go from passive listeners to actively engaged and motivated learners! (Grades 1-8)

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About the Author

Nationally known presenters for Staff Development for Educators (SDE), Linda Allen, LeAnn Nickelson, and Yvette Zgonc have had years of experience in the classroom and with brain-based learning.

Product Details

Paperback: 36 pages
Publisher: Crystal Springs Books; 1st edition (January 3, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934026093
ISBN-13: 978-1934026090
Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,003,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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