This school year is far from normal - so why then are we expecting Teachers to do everything on their own AGAIN?
Districts spent hundreds of hours developing ReOpen Plans, but left out standards-based and compliant lesson plans for the first week of school. Insane right?
Forcing Teachers to ask students to write an essay "How I spent my five months during the Covid shutdown" is a bad idea. Why not just provide them with the Teaching Tools they need.
It's really that simple. That's why I published this week The 1st Five Days, which gives Teachers, Parents and Babysitters five full days of planned instruction.
Yes, that's right. Five full days of lessons. That's over 20 hours of planned instruction and 32 Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) activities.
Did I forget to mention that? Yes, the workbook is fully SEL compliant because kids are going to need a TON of SEL support this year.
Over the course of the first five days, kids will learn five SEL core competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, responsible decision-making, and relationship skills.
Having spent 20 years inside schools with students who struggled academically, special needs and were socially maladjusted I know what "hooks" kids into learning.
Which is why it's no surprise that on Day One, we hook students in with Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest and Baby Yoda to teach kids how to become an "A" student.
Because every kid has the potential to earn "A"s in school, but for many kids, they don't believe from Day One that they are an "A" student. And if you never believe you are, from the beginning, you have already lost the battle.
That's why the First Week of School is so important, especially in 2020 - Because kids can go downhill fast if they don't do these 32 planned activities that will boost their self-confidence, give them resiliency to obstacles and show them that THEY CAN SUCCEED! Despite challenges and the Pandemic.
If it's that simple to do - It would be crazy not to Teach Them.
Oh, and for parents who may decide to Opt-Out of sending their kids to school, this workbook stops the Endless Internet Searches for appropriate learning activities. This workbook gives you 20 full hours of planned instruction. Just follow along, and assign the lessons for each day. Your kid will grow right before your eyes and you will understand why Teachers love what they do.
That's the hidden secret in this workbook - when you use professionally planned lessons based on sound educational best practices, kids do learn. And when your child looks at you and says "Oh, I get it!!" Your heart will grow warmer.
I've seen it happen thousands of times over 20 years in education and that "Ah-Ha" moment, NEVER GETS OLD!
The Regular Price for the Workbook is $97, but I have a dream that every Teacher, Parent, Babysitter will Have a Copy of this Workbook in 2020!
That's Why I'm Making an OFFER Impossible to Pass UP!!
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