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Top Ten Math Apps for Young Children

Here are 10 GREAT Math Apps I found for your little ones to visually practice their math skills!

  1. rightCount Up To Ten: This app lets children discover numbers 1 to 10 and learn how to count using some of their favorite animals and characters.
  2. Number Rack: The Number Rack facilitates the natural development of children’s number sense. Rows of moveable, colored beads encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens, helping them to explore and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies.
  3. Math is Fun: 4-5: Through 8 fun activities this app teaches kids to recognize numbers, to count, to order numbers, to play with weight, to determine order, and to handle shapes. It is an easy to use child-friendly design and free in the app store!

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Preschool Drawing: Developing Social and Academic Skills

I love art and kids, so it makes a lot of sense that my business, Young Rembrandts, is all about teaching kids how to do art. In Young Rembrandts, we teach a lot of elementary drawing classes, but I have to say teaching preschool classes is my absolute favorite.left I love their enthusiasm and hunger to absorb the world around them – and their skill development is beyond remarkable.

Bringing art to children at an early age has tremendous impact, socially and academically. Look at these ladybug drawings and see what young kids can accomplish with some instruction and encouragement.

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Art & Academics: Back to School – Back to Art

OrchardatWhiteHouse-thumb-520x346-65065As we get our kids ready to go back to school, let’s remember how important it is for them to get back to art.

Here’s a great Cinderella story about how one principal used art to dramatically transform a failing school.

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Creativity Requires Quiet

quote_QuietDo you want to be more creative?  Have the next million-dollar idea?

Do you want to be in the ranks of Einstein, Picasso or Steve Jobs? Then it’s time to get creative… and quiet!!

Creativity is an internal process that requires time spent in imagination. But today’s world is busy; so many things demand our time, attention and energy. That generating original ideas can sometimes feel more like work than play.

Thinking creatively is an internal process. It’s about finding and connecting thoughts to arrive at new conclusions and new ideas. This kind of thinking comes naturally to the right side of our mind, but we need to slow down and “tune in” to hear it. We can all be creative, but we have to get quiet enough to hear ourselves think.

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Learning Styles: Reading Directions

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Instructions to assemble an exercise bike

Ever wonder why people do the things they do? Why doesn’t your husband read the directions? Why can’t you find anything once you take the time to file the papers in your office? Why do you have to pinch and poke yourself to stay awake during language heavy presentations?

It’s all about wiring. The way our brains are wired has a direct affect on the way we organize or don’t organize; the way we see, think and do and the way we operate at home, school and work. There are three distinct learning styles: auditory, visual and tactile.

Auditory folks are good with words and logical, linear thinking. Visual learners are big picture, innovative thinkers that need to see things.  Tactile people take a very hands-on approach to life.

So what kind of thinker are you?  There are a variety of learning style tests on-line but here’s a quick question to get you started:
Imagine you just came back from the store with a new cabinet that needs to be assembled. How would you proceed?

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A Great Art Teacher: Impacting Minds

MF4I love the way visual kids express themselves, learn problem solving, see multiple solutions to problems – and the impact the arts have on developing minds.  Meet Terra. She makes me want to be 16 again.

Terra is the head of the Menomonee Falls High School art department and I want to be a student in her classes. Recently I had a tour of the art classrooms, saw student work and enjoyed Terra’s classroom stories and favorite assignments.

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Changing Education Paradigms: Sir Ken Robinson

This is one of my favorite speakers, Kenneth Robinson. He’s an author, educator, and creativity expert, he speaks internationally, challenging us to rethink our school systems, cultivate creativity and protect the arts.

You’ll appreciate the message in this video – but also that it is so visual – because its been illustrated!  The images make his thoughts even more powerful.

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