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 What’s This Got To Do With Anything?
Jim Craigen & Chris Ward (All Grades)
What do fun and energizing activities have to do with learning? A lot! Brain research informs us that we must eliminate threat and provide a secure learning environment. This collection of teambuilders and classbuilders will help you create solidarity and cohesion among classmates. Brain science also teaches us that students' brains need oxygen and glucose. Feed your students' brains with the energizers in this book. This eclectic collection of over 300 brain-friendly activities will help you make your classroom a fun place to be and a great place to learn. 178 pages. BCWWT • $29
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 Memory & Mnemonics SmartCard
Enhance students' memory! Learn classical and innovative memory strategies to promote retention of academic content. In this SmartCard, learn the best mnemonic devices to use with your students. Students will make dramatic improvements in remembering that difficult-to-remember information. Master Acronyms, Acrostics, Keyword Mnemonic, Loci Mnemonics, Roman Room, Processing Mnemonics, Rhymes and Jingles, VocabToons, Link and Story Mnemonics, Letter Substitution Mnemonic, and the various Peg Mnemonics. TMN • $4
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 Memory Systems SmartCard
Boost students' memory skills and watch test scores soar. The ability to remember—whether it be facts, skills, events, steps, or locations—is essential for classroom success. In this SmartCard, learn about five major memory systems: Semantic, Procedural, Episodic, Working, and Spatial memory. Each memory system is a passport to a different type of academic success. Understand what memories really are in order to transform classroom learning. Go with the flow by engaging students' natural memory systems that recall information with ease. Make learning unforgettable by engaging multiple memory systems. TMS • $4
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 Brain-Based Learning SmartCard
Teach smarter using powerful principles derived from brain science. Ignite your students' natural love for learning by delivering brain-compatible lessons. Stimulate students' brains by crafting a challenging, enriched curriculum. Increase motivation and comprehension with active learning. Boost students' memory through multiple channels. Uncover patterns in learning to help students make connections. Create an inclusive, nonthreatening environment to skyrocket learning. This SmartCard translates brain research into practical, easy-to-understand principles so you can teach with the brain in mind. TBB • $4
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Squish Brain
Stress is bad for your brain. Squeeze away the stress with this squishy foam brain that fits perfectly into the palm of your hand. FSBR • $2 |
 
Brain Booster Cube
Here's a brain-friendly alternative to worksheets that works with just about any subject matter. Your students give this cube a roll to select a brain-friendly activity such as: create a brochure or poster; write thinking questions; discuss it with a partner; create a skit; write a song, poem, or jingle about it. Each squishably soft and quiet-to-roll foam cube measures 3 inches. Class Set of 8 CMLB • $16 |
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 Accelerated Learning: The Alps Approach
Brain-Based Methods for
Accelerating Motivation
and Achievement
Alistair Smith & Nicola Call (Grades K–6)
Journey through the ALPS. You'll explore cutting-edge brain
research and discover brain-friendly teaching strategies every step of the way. At base camp, you'll learn how to design and plan your day, how to promote intrinsic motivation, how to build self-esteem, and how to create a positive learning environment. Then you'll be ready to move into the foothills. There, you'll learn effective goal setting, how to use powerful classroom talk, the importance of educative feedback, brain breaks, and how to use music in the class. Then, you'll be ready to move on to the real learning journey: how to start off your lessons with a bang, the VAK method, how to keep students on task, how to enhance their multiple intelligences, and even how to increase standardized test scores. Don't miss this opportunity to take this unforgettable learning excursion. 304 pages.
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 Accelerated Learning In Practice
Brain-Based Methods for Accelerating
Motivation and Achievement
Alistair Smith (Grades 6–12)
Apply Nobel Prize-winning brain research into your secondary classroom. Learn about the nine principles for brain-based learning and how to create optimum learning conditions for your students. Learn to build the bridge between potential and achievement, how to provide feedback to maximize performance, and how to motivate unmotivated learners. You'll pick up effective strategies to connect learning, to provide students the BIG picture, to help students demonstrate their new understanding, and to review for retention. Written by the leading accelerated learning trainer in the UK, you'll find this book thoroughly researched, highly readable, and very practical. 264 pages. BSAL2 • $34
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 The Great Memory Book
Karen Markowitz & Eric Jensen (All Grades)
Explore the latest research on memory and how it applies to learning. In addition to gaining specific simple techniques for recalling names, faces, facts, formulas, definitions, foreign language words, accurate spelling, lists, and more, you'll find answers to such intriguing questions as: What is déjà vu? What foods and supplements enhance memory? Why do some things get stuck on the tip of our tongue? How can students better remember what they learn in school? How can you help others be less absentminded? When do children begin to remember? Everything you need to know about memory. 208 pages. DMJGM • $39 |
 Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites
20 Instructional Strategies that Engage the Brain
Marcia L. Tate (All Grades)
Design fascinating activities and inspire active learning with proven teaching tools! Included are 20 alternatives to worksheets that grow dendrites. Your students will love these brain-friendly strategies including: using humor and telling stories, implementing problem-based instruction, incorporating games into lessons, utilizing mnemonic devices and metaphors, and even singing and dancing while learning. 160 pages. DTDWG • $34 |
 "Sit & Get" Won’t Grow Dendrites
20 Professional Learning Strategies that Engage the Adult Brain
Marcia L. Tate (All Grades)
The author applies the latest research in brain-based learning, differentiated instruction, multiple intelligences, and adult learning to provide strategies that not only motivate adult learners but also increase understanding and long-term retention. The 20 strategies you'll find in this book are terrific tools for trainers to engage teachers and rekindle their passion for teaching. 168 pages. DTSG • $32 |
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