BRAIN BASICS & BEYOND:
Mindful Integration of Brain, Body and Heart for
Engaged Learning
Mindful Integration of Brain, Body and Heart for
Engaged Learning
Today's educators need all the knowledge and tools they can get to successfully engage all students. This interactive, hands-on workshop provides busy teachers with new knowledge and tools that can be used immediately to help what they teach to stick. This workshop is fast-paced, fun, and informative and has been presented to thousands of educators, consistently receiving great reviews.
Participants will learn:
• Techniques to keep students' brains in the optimal learning state.
• The five essential elements of the brain-enriched environment.
• Three quick, simple and effective ways to destress the brain.
• Brain energizers to engage and enliven learning.
• How specific movements organize the brain for learning.
• The five memory pathways and how to engage them.
• Understanding the role nutrition, hydration, exercise, and sleep in learning, memory and recall.
• Why down-time is critically important to the learning cycle-- and how to get the most from it.
• How to bring it all together in the classroom -- A model lesson.
• The teen brain: A work in progress -- What every teacher needs to know.
• Simple, proven techniques for engaging the intelligence of the heart.
• The importance of having a great time while learning!
• Techniques to keep students' brains in the optimal learning state.
• The five essential elements of the brain-enriched environment.
• Three quick, simple and effective ways to destress the brain.
• Brain energizers to engage and enliven learning.
• How specific movements organize the brain for learning.
• The five memory pathways and how to engage them.
• Understanding the role nutrition, hydration, exercise, and sleep in learning, memory and recall.
• Why down-time is critically important to the learning cycle-- and how to get the most from it.
• How to bring it all together in the classroom -- A model lesson.
• The teen brain: A work in progress -- What every teacher needs to know.
• Simple, proven techniques for engaging the intelligence of the heart.
• The importance of having a great time while learning!
Brain Basics and Beyond is offered in one, two and multi-day options and can be tailored to meet the needs of your group. (Learn about Tim's workshops The Next Step and It's About Balance!)
To schedule a workshop, contact Tim today.
Comments About Brain Basics & Beyond:
"This information can be put to use in the classroom tomorrow! Specific things! This validated what I do and why I do it!"
K. Reagan, Elementary Teacher
"Tim modeled brain-compatible learning strategies throughout the workshop. We had fun, worked in cooperative groups, shared emotions, and participated in energizers. I learned a lot!"
S. Martinez, Director of Special Education
"Worth every second!"
A. Milstein, Gifted Education
"Excellent workshop. It gives me hope."
C. North, School Principal
"It was excellent. The knowledge and information presented was outstanding. I would like to see every teacher and administrator take this workshop."
D. Baker, Middle School Principal
"Soooo much information! More time would have been great. I look forward to sharing with my staff."
U. Gomez, Principal
"This workshop is full of practical activities useful in a broad variety of settings."
S. McDuffie, Occupational Therapist
"This workshop opened my mind and heart like no other workshop I've attended in my 17 years of teaching."
A. Searcy, Kindergarten Teacher
"A fantastic workshop -- stimulating and useful."
J.Kail, LISW, SocialWorker
"This was excellent. A wonderful balance of exercises and activities to use, along with didactic information."
D.Teuteberg, LISW, School School Worker
K. Reagan, Elementary Teacher
"Tim modeled brain-compatible learning strategies throughout the workshop. We had fun, worked in cooperative groups, shared emotions, and participated in energizers. I learned a lot!"
S. Martinez, Director of Special Education
"Worth every second!"
A. Milstein, Gifted Education
"Excellent workshop. It gives me hope."
C. North, School Principal
"It was excellent. The knowledge and information presented was outstanding. I would like to see every teacher and administrator take this workshop."
D. Baker, Middle School Principal
"Soooo much information! More time would have been great. I look forward to sharing with my staff."
U. Gomez, Principal
"This workshop is full of practical activities useful in a broad variety of settings."
S. McDuffie, Occupational Therapist
"This workshop opened my mind and heart like no other workshop I've attended in my 17 years of teaching."
A. Searcy, Kindergarten Teacher
"A fantastic workshop -- stimulating and useful."
J.Kail, LISW, SocialWorker
"This was excellent. A wonderful balance of exercises and activities to use, along with didactic information."
D.Teuteberg, LISW, School School Worker
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