Educational Links 5/30/16

Get to Know ‘Roots’ Remake Star Malachi Kirby — and His Road to an Iconic Role

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/roots-malachi-kirby-kunta-kinte-172945990.html 

Behavioral and Emotional Skills Training

http://childmind.org/event/behavioral-emotional-skills-training-2/ 

Strategies for teaching the Common Core — no matter what you think about the standards

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/05/29/strategies-for-teaching-the-common-core-no-matter-what-you-think-about-the-standards/ 

Learning Menus: Giving Options & Independence 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/independence-in-learning 

How Learning About “Sensory Processing” Can Help You Understand Your Child

http://www.momentsaday.com/sensory-processing-can-help-you-understand-your-child/ 

7 Time Savers for Innovative Educators 

http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2016/05/7-time-savers-for-innovative-educators.html 

Does Mindfulness Actually Work in Schools?  

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/05/testing-mindfulness-in-the-early-years/483749/

A research team in Chicago has spent a year studying whether students who are taught to be in touch with their emotions do better academically. And they say the initial results are promising.