Whole Brain Teaching: Kindergarten (Expanded!)

100s of pages of free downloads can be found at WholeBrainTeaching.com Watch this substantial addition to Andrea Schindler's kindergarten video as her students demonstrate an amazing variety of Whole Brain Teaching techniques: class-yes, hands and eyes, teach-okay, switch, Mighty Oh Yeah, lines-lines-lines, seats-seats-seats, a bubble in your mouth and the wonderful criss cross applesauce! For more information about Whole Brain Teaching, email Chris Biffle at CBiffle@AOL.com

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[Laura Keo]

This is definately not hypnotizing. If you are a kinder teacher or teacher in general, classroom management is pretty darn hard. How would you go about having 25 plus children to be engage, learn and have fun? This technique is one that I find very powerful. I would love to have my daughter be in this class. Just a glimse of your class tells me that you are a wonderful teacher. I can only imagine what the rest of the day is like. GREAT JOB!

[okimonkey1984]

Hm, there are quite some negative comments on here. I am actually quite impressed! She hasn't lost their focus once, and these are kindergartners. Their chanting reminds them of what to do, seat...seat...seat. :) They are not robots. They are learning boundaries, which actually can help their learning environment. They were getting a little cooperative learning, as they switched from being the teacher to the listener. I enjoyed seeing her display this technique.

[Jennifer Seibel]

I have been a kindergarten teacher for many years and this behavior management technique is amazing!! I am definitely implementing this in the future.  Classroom management of 30 little ones is difficult to say the least and if they can't listen, teachers can't teach. This is impressive.

[paismonster]

i kinda wanna be a teacher now, but they'd probably never let a man teach kindergarten

[Madina D.]

To these silly people who are judging her, please PLEASE go substitute in a kindergarten classroom for one day. I did and it was the hardest day of my life. You bet I had a headache. They're still babies! Safety is a big issue -- they need to be focussed to be safe, to learn, etc etc "Artistic uniqueness" comes much later. I think it's so funny when non-educators make ANY COMMENTS about something they have no idea about.

[LilaTheArtist]

There is something here in this display video that takes a bit of a charge from the technique of that used in "Pavlov's dogs"--->Smaller children take it as fun and activity

is added into it, which helps them channel their energy...However, do we want them to

"accept" total direction without their creativity being engaged at this early age? Do we

want them parroting back the "expected response" to authority as baseline behavior?

Where is their uniqueness?....Just rethink these premises!

[Leah TheDamnDiva]

awesome!!! I will definitely need to learn this technique when I start teaching as well!!