Heritage Integrative Education

School Supplies          Every student is familiar with having the pencil pouch containing the basic necassities of classroom instruction for reading, writing and math work during the class session.  +Office Max, + Office Depot and other stationary supply stores display a good stock of desktop accessories to aid in creating impressive student portfolios.  The flash drive, compostion notebook, subject spirals,  notebook paper, index cards, vocabulary book, # 2 pencils, map pencils, pens and highlighters are the hallmark of a regular school supply list.  According to the article by NAPS, smartphones and tablets have become a common staple to advance learning in the core curriculum areas.  These technology aids can place a sensory overload on the visual and auditory senses.  The article mentions AOA recommendations and  provides age-appropriate tips to encourage optimum use of devices for the purpose of edu...

KEYWORD        The twenty six letters in the alphabetical order are placed in the consonant and vowel arrangement to create a stream of words that give meaning, purpose and direction to our everyday lives.   Each of the communities in our society is distinguished and detailed with interconnected keywords that is unique only to a specific area or department of living and learning.   The origins of the words go a long way back in time primarily to the Latin and Greek roots.  The students advance in their grade levels by defining and  memorizing the words in their textual learning, reading and writing to understand and  connect with the real world outside of the school environment.  There are various levels of workbooks available to increase the competency and vocabulary awareness. http://thelawdictionary.org/search2/?cx=partner-pub-4620319056007131%3A7293005414&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=expres...

      MERRY READING             The innovative technological advances have made our world more interactive.    The people around the globe are able to connect with one another in a matter of minutes across the oceans, mountains and terrains.  The media brings the vicarious experiences of the indigenous people in various parts of the world streaming into the living rooms of the family audience.  The diversity, the cultural and ethnic awareness, interaction and engagement is taking place at a phenomenal rate.   This process of acculturation is modifying and molding a higher concept of self-efficacy in the people at large.   The article sheds a light on the cultural journey of the young violinist.   + Brown, S. (2013, November 28). A student of America. Houston Chronicle , p. E1.

THE ACADEMIC EDGE         It is a proactive way of self-evaluating and searching for the strong areas of your personality to unfold the appropriate resources and links for learning and reflecting.  The daily process of reflecting on the  content we see, read, hear and discuss about helps us in sifting and sorting through our schema and lead us forward in our personal journey of discovery, construction of ideas and cognitive stamina.  

HEALTH TRACK           The current and updated standard of food assortments for students carries with it a gigantic measure of nutritional merit.  It is an indirect and a very positive message of making better, more winning choices and having an energetic day in school.  It is a step in the right direction to raising the quality of education in the scholastic and academic environment. NUTRITION RULES!!

HEALTH BOWL         Education is the key to unlock the door to making bigger and better choices.  We introduce our kids to different varieties of fruits and vegetables and quiz them about the colors and shapes in the waddler and toddler years.  Parents also do their part in affirming the study of the natural abundances at home.   The multi-media reinforces these concepts in poetry, rhyme, song, dance, story, musical, video and movie formats.  The lower elementary grade levels can build on that learning by adding the culinary art and food science themes.         The upper elementary levels can extend this knowledge and learning to focus on the agricultural information and technology.  This unit of study can concentrate on expanding the know-how and the details of the source of the vegetables and fruits.  The depth of study material can include the how, when, where, what and wh...

SCIENCE SENSE        + Nature Scavenger Hunts are a good way to learn about the environment around us.  They are educational and enriching to explore and to discover the world that we inhabit.  Plan a field day and pick up things of awe and interest as you go along the trail.  Lay the things out on a flat surface and extend the activity by playing + "What is Missing Game?" <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Fall Season --> <ins class="adsbygoogle"      style="display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px"      data-ad-client="ca-pub-3535914670136909"      data-ad-slot="5783431893"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script>