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Teach the Natives 2 is a wiki created by Cindy Spenner to share resources about Brain Based Learning Strategies.

Brain Song- Pinky and the Brain media type="youtube" key="Li5nMsXg1Lk" height="364" width="445"

Brain Anatomy Lesson []

Brain Surgury Time [] With a partner, create a brain consisting of the 4 parts of the brain that we talked about. Use 4 different colors of Playdough to create a 3-D model of the brain. When you are finished, let your partner dissect the brain and explain the 4 different parts of the brain to you. Change roles and do it again.

Dendrite Song []

Create model of a Neuron

Not All Brains are the Same

Eight Ways of Smart []

Multiple Intelligences/Learning Styles Quiz []

Attention and Working Memory Big Picture or Little Picture []

Right Brain or Left Brain?

Stroop Test- mental flexibility



Can You Read This?

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=FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-= =SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-= =IC STUDY COMBINED WITH= =THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.= Now Count the F's in that passage... how many did you find?

=What do Brains love?= Novelty- Brains love the unexpected, the weird, the unusual the quirky...

Excitement- games games and more games

Color- see handout

Anticipation- Set the stage, add some drama

Affirmation media type="youtube" key="fny40Ut_RZA" height="360" width="580"

Emotion- connect emotion to learning and it sticks!

Reflection- exit statements, journaling, drawings

Humor media type="youtube" key="oBuPQgV8yBM" height="364" width="445"

Multisensory Experiences-

Movement- Brain Gym, and movement throughout the day

Music- for inspiration, concentration etc... []

Friends (collaboration)- Learning is Loud! Think Pair Share Group Project Work

What does my class look like?

Everything you try will not work with every kids, or every time. The goal is to keep trying until you have reached all of the kids.

ABC Review