For a teacher, the most important task is to engage students in the classroom. To increase class participation, teachers use different techniques like teaming up, making small groups, praising, rewarding, motivating, removing obstacles and barriers, etc. Classroom participation is a feature of many course designs. It can result in intuitive comments and interesting contacts being made by students, and can foster a high level of energy and interest in the classroom learning environment. Some of the techniques are discussed below:
1. Call - Call on specific students by name.
2. Ask - What motivates them.
3. Team up – Do team work and let them answer together.
4. Create - Let them create something with their hands as you teach.
5. Small groups - Let them flourish in small groups.
6. Move - Work while moving in the class.
7. Heads – up - Let them know the question up front.
8. Express - Let them express themselves in their own way.
9. Take note - Take note who is participating when.
10. Mix - Mix up students you call on.
11. Praise - Praise them before s/he speaks up.
12. Music - Play music in the background.
13. Comfort - Take them aside, let them know you care and it’s safe to share.
14. Assist - Help them to participate.
15. Remove - Remove obstacles to participation.
16. Reward - Reward participation, intrinsically and extrinsically.
17. Zip it - Teachers, let them speak.
18. Get to know - Get to know the students.
19. Give - Give them a reason to have a voice.
20. Send - Send them home with a mission.
21. Develop - Develop their self-worth.
22. Place - Strategically place them in a friendly zone.
23. Control - Give them the control of activity.
24. Move - Re-arrange the seats.
Friday, March 27, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The Trouble with Teenagers
The doorbell rang and as soon as I opened the door my 13-year-old son ran right past me, without as much as a simple “hello”. He ignored my attempt to greet him with a warm smile and hug. And guess what? This had become a daily routine. I often felt that not only was my child growing up, he was growing distant from me at the same time. I wondered if this was a matter of concern. Was their some trouble with my teenager?
The truth is that teenagers are a handful to manage and understand. As they begin to discover their individuality, they begin fighting for more space, freedom and independence. Kids of this age find parents’ involvement in their life quite harrowing because they feel they are mature enough to deal with everything on their own.
As parents we are aware that teenage children are in a sensitive stage of their lives and need to be monitored discretely; not because we don’t trust our children, but because we do not trust the world in which we live. We seek to protect our children from getting harmed or from falling into bad habits. Our need to ensure their safety though is often viewed by them as an intrusion into their personal space, which causes teenagers to rebel against us by becoming reclusive and distant.
A tip to avoid creating this rift with your children is to communicate to them that you are just a concerned parent. Tell them that you want them to be as free, independent and adventurous as they like and that you have no issue with them spreading their wings and exploring the world. They have every right to make their own choices and decisions, even if they make mistakes on their way. The only thing is that you would appreciate if they would keep you in the loop, so as they do not get harmed. If you are able to communicate this to them in a friendly way, there is a chance that your children will continue to be your friends even throughout their teenage years. Give it a shot. Happy Parenting!
The truth is that teenagers are a handful to manage and understand. As they begin to discover their individuality, they begin fighting for more space, freedom and independence. Kids of this age find parents’ involvement in their life quite harrowing because they feel they are mature enough to deal with everything on their own.
As parents we are aware that teenage children are in a sensitive stage of their lives and need to be monitored discretely; not because we don’t trust our children, but because we do not trust the world in which we live. We seek to protect our children from getting harmed or from falling into bad habits. Our need to ensure their safety though is often viewed by them as an intrusion into their personal space, which causes teenagers to rebel against us by becoming reclusive and distant.
A tip to avoid creating this rift with your children is to communicate to them that you are just a concerned parent. Tell them that you want them to be as free, independent and adventurous as they like and that you have no issue with them spreading their wings and exploring the world. They have every right to make their own choices and decisions, even if they make mistakes on their way. The only thing is that you would appreciate if they would keep you in the loop, so as they do not get harmed. If you are able to communicate this to them in a friendly way, there is a chance that your children will continue to be your friends even throughout their teenage years. Give it a shot. Happy Parenting!
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Financial Planning – Saving On Your Grocery Expenses
A typical family spends hundreds of dollars on groceries each month, and most of us are looking for ways to get more for our food dollar. Here are simple but effective ways to save on groceries. From spending seasonally to buying in bulk, there are plenty of tried-and-true ways to save money on groceries.
1. Buy in bulk. Most food products are offered in different sizes, so the more you buy, the more you save.
2. Scour the weekly sales. Use the sale leaflets to develop your shopping lists and plan your menus around low cost items.
3. Do the calculations. Be sure to check the cost of items per weight or volume to see what the best deal truly is.
4. Shop seasonally from the neighborhood. Eating in-season products is not only healthy, it's also a great way to save money.
5. Become a member. Most large grocery stores have a membership program that proposes extra savings. In fact, occasionally you are required to be a member in order to take advantage of weekly sale items.
6. Make a list and stick to it. Planning a shopping list will help you home in on how much food you really need and avoid over-buying perishable items.
7. Know what to buy from where. By knowing which stores have the best prices on different classes of goods, you can create a shopping plan to maximize savings on every item.
8. Avoid packaged foods. The price of pre-made and packaged items can often be more than the cost of the ingredients required to make two or three of the same item.
9. Look away from eye level. Grocery stores place the highest priced items at eye level so that consumers can easily see them. Just by shifting your sight to the top or bottom shelves you can probably find alike products for lower prices.
10. Never shop hungry. When you're hungry everything looks good, and it's all too easy to grab everything you desire when you're frantic to eat.
11. Check the receipt. Always take a swift look at the receipt to make sure you are not charged for an analogous but more costly product.
12. Don’t take kids with you on shopping. Chances are that if you have kids, they will continuously ask for extra delicacies and grocery items.
13. Grow your own. From herbs, tomatoes to mushrooms and lettuce it's easy these days to find eatable plants and garden tools that anyone can maintain.
14. Get creative with leftovers. To cut down on waste, innovate or check out creative uses for leftovers to get the most out of your weekly meals.
1. Buy in bulk. Most food products are offered in different sizes, so the more you buy, the more you save.
2. Scour the weekly sales. Use the sale leaflets to develop your shopping lists and plan your menus around low cost items.
3. Do the calculations. Be sure to check the cost of items per weight or volume to see what the best deal truly is.
4. Shop seasonally from the neighborhood. Eating in-season products is not only healthy, it's also a great way to save money.
5. Become a member. Most large grocery stores have a membership program that proposes extra savings. In fact, occasionally you are required to be a member in order to take advantage of weekly sale items.
6. Make a list and stick to it. Planning a shopping list will help you home in on how much food you really need and avoid over-buying perishable items.
7. Know what to buy from where. By knowing which stores have the best prices on different classes of goods, you can create a shopping plan to maximize savings on every item.
8. Avoid packaged foods. The price of pre-made and packaged items can often be more than the cost of the ingredients required to make two or three of the same item.
9. Look away from eye level. Grocery stores place the highest priced items at eye level so that consumers can easily see them. Just by shifting your sight to the top or bottom shelves you can probably find alike products for lower prices.
10. Never shop hungry. When you're hungry everything looks good, and it's all too easy to grab everything you desire when you're frantic to eat.
11. Check the receipt. Always take a swift look at the receipt to make sure you are not charged for an analogous but more costly product.
12. Don’t take kids with you on shopping. Chances are that if you have kids, they will continuously ask for extra delicacies and grocery items.
13. Grow your own. From herbs, tomatoes to mushrooms and lettuce it's easy these days to find eatable plants and garden tools that anyone can maintain.
14. Get creative with leftovers. To cut down on waste, innovate or check out creative uses for leftovers to get the most out of your weekly meals.
Friday, March 20, 2015
How To Eradicate Small Complications From Your Life
Optimistic thinking and bringing in positive changes in your lifestyle can help you eradicate the small complications of life. Incorporate these few things as to calm down the confusing events from your life.
• Start conversing clearly. Don’t try to read other people’s minds, and don’t make other people try to read yours. Most setbacks, big and small, between relations, friendships, or professional connections, can mark the onset of bad communication.
• Stop wasting time and money trying to buy more of everything. Start concentrating on quality. Live a cozy life, not an extravagant one. Too many people buy things they don’t need, with money they don’t have, to impress people they don’t know. Do not spend to impress others. Manage your money wisely so that your money does not manage you.
• Stop giving time to negative people. Encircle yourself with people who imitate the person you desire to be. Select friends who you admire, and who love and respect you; people who make your day a little brighter simply by being in it. Life is too short to spend time with people who drain the contentment out of you.
• Stop trying to change people. Accept people just the way they are. In most cases it’s impossible to change them anyway, and it’s impolite to try. So save yourself the stress. Instead of trying to change others, lead by example.
• Stop fretting and complaining. Concentrate on the things you can manage and do something creative out of them. Those who complain the most finish the least. And when you spend your time fretting, you’re simply using your imagination to create problems you don’t want. It’s usually only as good or bad as you think it is.
• Stop being dramatic. Spend less time gossiping about problems and more time helping yourself and others solve them. Stay out of people’s unnecessary drama and don’t put yourself in one.
• Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Concentrate on being everything to someone. Helping everyone is impossible. But making one person beam can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow down your focus and be yourself.
• Stop making promises you can’t keep. Start under-promising and over-delivering on everything you do.
• Stop blaming others. Take obligation for everything in your life. Either you own your problems, or they will own you. Your choice. When you blame others for what you’re going through, you deny responsibility. This is when you give up control over that part of your life.
• Stop reacting without a proper plan. Arrange and work in the direction of specific goals. Make a catalog of your top 3 to 5 goals. Rank your priorities. What 3 to 5 things do you most desire to do in your life? Simplifying your life starts with these priorities, as you are trying to make room in your life so you have more time for these things.
• Start conversing clearly. Don’t try to read other people’s minds, and don’t make other people try to read yours. Most setbacks, big and small, between relations, friendships, or professional connections, can mark the onset of bad communication.
• Stop wasting time and money trying to buy more of everything. Start concentrating on quality. Live a cozy life, not an extravagant one. Too many people buy things they don’t need, with money they don’t have, to impress people they don’t know. Do not spend to impress others. Manage your money wisely so that your money does not manage you.
• Stop giving time to negative people. Encircle yourself with people who imitate the person you desire to be. Select friends who you admire, and who love and respect you; people who make your day a little brighter simply by being in it. Life is too short to spend time with people who drain the contentment out of you.
• Stop trying to change people. Accept people just the way they are. In most cases it’s impossible to change them anyway, and it’s impolite to try. So save yourself the stress. Instead of trying to change others, lead by example.
• Stop fretting and complaining. Concentrate on the things you can manage and do something creative out of them. Those who complain the most finish the least. And when you spend your time fretting, you’re simply using your imagination to create problems you don’t want. It’s usually only as good or bad as you think it is.
• Stop being dramatic. Spend less time gossiping about problems and more time helping yourself and others solve them. Stay out of people’s unnecessary drama and don’t put yourself in one.
• Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Concentrate on being everything to someone. Helping everyone is impossible. But making one person beam can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow down your focus and be yourself.
• Stop making promises you can’t keep. Start under-promising and over-delivering on everything you do.
• Stop blaming others. Take obligation for everything in your life. Either you own your problems, or they will own you. Your choice. When you blame others for what you’re going through, you deny responsibility. This is when you give up control over that part of your life.
• Stop reacting without a proper plan. Arrange and work in the direction of specific goals. Make a catalog of your top 3 to 5 goals. Rank your priorities. What 3 to 5 things do you most desire to do in your life? Simplifying your life starts with these priorities, as you are trying to make room in your life so you have more time for these things.
Monday, March 16, 2015
Are fairy tales too scary for today's children?
Most of you have noticed in a while that parents today, generally don’t encourage their children to read classic childhood fairy tales because of the fact that they are too scary for their young children. Researchers have revealed that most of the parents have wiped off the old classic collection of fairy tales like Snow white, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood and many more from their children’s collection.
The reason for such response is that, children were found in tears after watching the ghastly character of Little Red Riding Hood and often parents resists in reading the Rumplestiltskin to their children because it contains the element of kidnapping and execution which is not good for the mental and emotional health for the young children. Likewise, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also left by parents on the book shelf because it ignores the impact of stealing on children. Research also shows that parents won’t consider reading a fairy tale to their children until the age of five. Steve Hornsey, General Manager, Watch, said: ''Bedtime stories are supposed to soothe children and send them off to sleep, but as we see in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it's understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children.”
I am sure you must have faced this situation, when your 4 year old child comes to you and ask a question that what if he will be eaten by a fox just like ‘Gingerbread Man’. I am sure you will freak out after listening to this question that is why parents these days avoid stories that might give nightmares to children and disturb their mental health unintentionally. Although parents prefer their children to read and listen fairy tales like The Gruffalo, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books, which gives a strong moral message and helps in creating a strong character of children.
The reason for such response is that, children were found in tears after watching the ghastly character of Little Red Riding Hood and often parents resists in reading the Rumplestiltskin to their children because it contains the element of kidnapping and execution which is not good for the mental and emotional health for the young children. Likewise, Goldilocks and the Three Bears was also left by parents on the book shelf because it ignores the impact of stealing on children. Research also shows that parents won’t consider reading a fairy tale to their children until the age of five. Steve Hornsey, General Manager, Watch, said: ''Bedtime stories are supposed to soothe children and send them off to sleep, but as we see in GRIMM, fairytales can be dark and dramatic tales so it's understandable that parents worry about reading them to young children.”
I am sure you must have faced this situation, when your 4 year old child comes to you and ask a question that what if he will be eaten by a fox just like ‘Gingerbread Man’. I am sure you will freak out after listening to this question that is why parents these days avoid stories that might give nightmares to children and disturb their mental health unintentionally. Although parents prefer their children to read and listen fairy tales like The Gruffalo, The Hungary Caterpillar and the Mr. Men books, which gives a strong moral message and helps in creating a strong character of children.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Identifying An Abuser
Spending one’s life in an unpleasant marriage/relationship is not easy. A person has every right to break free of a union that is verbally, physically, emotionally and/or financially abusive.
Rather than seeking to break off your marriage later, wouldn’t it be better to make a conscious effort to choose your life partner wisely? It could save a lot of psychological turmoil. In most cases a separation/divorce gets really ugly and is an emotionally draining and life disrupting experience.
Marriage is a gamble, even if you make extensive investigations. Nonetheless, before tying the knot, every individual (irrespective of gender) should always watch out for character traits that indicate their significant other is an abuser. Here are some of the behaviors that can help you identify an abuser:
• Constantly undermining you by making you feel incapable of performing even simple tasks.
• Not being comfortable with the idea of you having an independent social life. A potentially abusive partner will be resentful of any time that you spend with your friends.
• Being openly jealous and suspicious of even the most platonic interactions that you have with the opposite gender.
• Discouraging you from maintaining healthy relations with your family.
• Keeping a check on your finances and trying to limit the expenses you incur, even for the most essential of things.
• Monitoring your expenditures even if you are earning independently.
• Attempting to intimidate you by glaring at you or showing signs of physical aggression.
• Setting baseless restrictions on your day to day activities.
• Dictating what you should do and not letting you make independent choices.
• Making frequent disrespectful and unwarranted statements about your parents, siblings and/or extended family.
• Being a hurdle in your career.
• Discouraging you from acquiring further education or polishing your skills.
• Taking away or damaging your possessions.
• Being way too interested in weapons such as guns and knives.
• Showing appreciation and acceptance towards any form of societal violence or terrorist act.
• Insisting upon acts of non-consensual intimacy.
• Coercing you to take drugs or consume alcohol.
This list could go on, but these were the traits that are predominant in most abusers. One can never be too careful though, and if you do end up with an abuser just remember that there is always a way out. You need to be courageous enough to defend yourself and disengage from such a relationship.
Rather than seeking to break off your marriage later, wouldn’t it be better to make a conscious effort to choose your life partner wisely? It could save a lot of psychological turmoil. In most cases a separation/divorce gets really ugly and is an emotionally draining and life disrupting experience.
Marriage is a gamble, even if you make extensive investigations. Nonetheless, before tying the knot, every individual (irrespective of gender) should always watch out for character traits that indicate their significant other is an abuser. Here are some of the behaviors that can help you identify an abuser:
• Constantly undermining you by making you feel incapable of performing even simple tasks.
• Not being comfortable with the idea of you having an independent social life. A potentially abusive partner will be resentful of any time that you spend with your friends.
• Being openly jealous and suspicious of even the most platonic interactions that you have with the opposite gender.
• Discouraging you from maintaining healthy relations with your family.
• Keeping a check on your finances and trying to limit the expenses you incur, even for the most essential of things.
• Monitoring your expenditures even if you are earning independently.
• Attempting to intimidate you by glaring at you or showing signs of physical aggression.
• Setting baseless restrictions on your day to day activities.
• Dictating what you should do and not letting you make independent choices.
• Making frequent disrespectful and unwarranted statements about your parents, siblings and/or extended family.
• Being a hurdle in your career.
• Discouraging you from acquiring further education or polishing your skills.
• Taking away or damaging your possessions.
• Being way too interested in weapons such as guns and knives.
• Showing appreciation and acceptance towards any form of societal violence or terrorist act.
• Insisting upon acts of non-consensual intimacy.
• Coercing you to take drugs or consume alcohol.
This list could go on, but these were the traits that are predominant in most abusers. One can never be too careful though, and if you do end up with an abuser just remember that there is always a way out. You need to be courageous enough to defend yourself and disengage from such a relationship.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
The Trend of Baking
The awesome feeling of when you create making your own cake and topping it up with a cherry is just out of this world. Cupcakes and themed cakes are in fashion these days and people are crazy to have them at weddings, bridal showers, baby showers and in birthdays.
Baking is not only my passion but also my favorite part time job. I know many of you must be in love with cakes, cupcakes, pastries and other baking items. The yummy and delicious cakes made by bakers are just wonderful. The creamy topping and the sweetness of fondant just makes a perfect match for a lovely day.
Baking is always fun when you have your loved ones around and you want them to eat it and admire your baking skills. I love baking like to bake different types a variety of cakes with a lot of diversity. The joy of baking can only be understood by someone who just loves baking. The feeling when your product comes out of the oven is simply amazing. You feel a lot of confidence and satisfaction when your baking item comes out from the oven fresh and presentable. The feeling of being successful and accomplished is all what you need.
In the phase of learning you face a lot of difficulties but once you are on the track your moral is increased eventually. The aroma of freshly baked oven items and the softness of cake makes you feel tempted and hungry whenever you pass by some bakery or a coffee shop.
When you become a professional, you share your recipes with everyone and solve their problems related to baking. Chocolate is loved by almost everyone and the best chocolate chip muffins are with trying. Making birthday cakes, wedding cakes is just an easy task for you once you are into baking business. These days fondant cakes are in demand and people like it because a lot of themes can be created with it. It is an easy way to create your idea on a cake and a baker really does it well if he or she knows how to handle the fondant.
If you know baking it can definitely contribute to your earnings because this has become a prominent business these days. A lot of women have started their home based bakery business which is respectable as well as a smart idea to start over a wealthy living.
Baking is not only my passion but also my favorite part time job. I know many of you must be in love with cakes, cupcakes, pastries and other baking items. The yummy and delicious cakes made by bakers are just wonderful. The creamy topping and the sweetness of fondant just makes a perfect match for a lovely day.
Baking is always fun when you have your loved ones around and you want them to eat it and admire your baking skills. I love baking like to bake different types a variety of cakes with a lot of diversity. The joy of baking can only be understood by someone who just loves baking. The feeling when your product comes out of the oven is simply amazing. You feel a lot of confidence and satisfaction when your baking item comes out from the oven fresh and presentable. The feeling of being successful and accomplished is all what you need.
In the phase of learning you face a lot of difficulties but once you are on the track your moral is increased eventually. The aroma of freshly baked oven items and the softness of cake makes you feel tempted and hungry whenever you pass by some bakery or a coffee shop.
When you become a professional, you share your recipes with everyone and solve their problems related to baking. Chocolate is loved by almost everyone and the best chocolate chip muffins are with trying. Making birthday cakes, wedding cakes is just an easy task for you once you are into baking business. These days fondant cakes are in demand and people like it because a lot of themes can be created with it. It is an easy way to create your idea on a cake and a baker really does it well if he or she knows how to handle the fondant.
If you know baking it can definitely contribute to your earnings because this has become a prominent business these days. A lot of women have started their home based bakery business which is respectable as well as a smart idea to start over a wealthy living.
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