Brain-Compatible Activities - Primary by David Sousa

Brain-Compatible Activities - Primary

By David Sousa

Practical, Brian-compatible activities every primary teacher can use!

Brain research has provided a tremendous opportunity to develop instructional techniques that facilitate the brain's innate learning capacity. A educators, we can take this knowledge and apply it to the strategies we use in our classrooms.

This essential resource, based on David A. Sousa's bestseller, How the Brain Learns, Third Edition, provides ready-to-use, brain-compatible activities that feature some of the following strategies

• Graphic organisers
• Mnemonic devices
• Cooperative learning
• Movement to enhance retention
• Music to stimulate brain activity and creativity

These activities cover all the content areas in Years 3-6 and include topics such as word selection, poetry, reading fluency, geometry, negative numbers, modes of exchange, animal habits, clouds and much more!

The more we understand how the brain learn, the more instructional options we have. This unique resource helps you make the most of the brain's learning potential and transform you teaching practices to engage every student in your classroom.