Teaching Katie Cross: Recent Episodes
Katie Cross
Find fun new ways to teach creativity in your classroom or at home. Let children use their imagination, curiosity, and creativity in their learning. Enjoy!
In this episode, you will find fun creative outdoor activities that you and do with an old Christmas tree or a tree outside. These activities are geared towards younger children. These activities could create inquiries of many possibilities. I hope you enjoy it. Get outside and have fun! Stay tuned, the next episode will be about snowy science experiments.
Katie
I thought we would touch upon why creative teaching can be hard and how fear affects creativity for teachers and students. Have a listen to this episode to find out the reason when we did not teach creativity in our classroom and its effects on students. We need to celebrate our mistakes, and embarrassing our own creative thoughts.
Enjoy,
Katie
In this episode, you will three creative ideas that include language arts and social students. Find out three creative lesson ideas that incorporate maps into the students learning. The activities cover the same specific expectations. Choice 1 is a similar activity and Choice 3 offers students a challenge for those who wish to try. I hope you enjoy it!
-Katie
In this episode, you will learn about the legend of turtle island. There are three science and technology ideas that cover the same specific expectations. These activities offer students a choice of three ways to create a STEM change and incorporate technology into their presentation. Choice 1 is more of a simpler way of showing their learning whereas choice 3 offers students more of a challenge.
Enjoy,
-Katie
In this episode, you will learn about the legend of turtle island. There are three math and art lesson ideas that cover the same specific expectations but offer students a choice of three art ideas to choose from. Choice 1 is more of a simpler way of showing their learning whereas choice 3 offers students more of a challenge.
Enjoy,
-Katie
In this episode, you will listen to how my grade 4 students learn fractions creatively. These activities are integrated with language, science and the arts. I will explain three creative lesson ideas.