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Ten Terrific Weeks!

Ten Terrific Weeks!. Susan Wandishin, Senior Executive Supervisor & Suzanne Opp, Supervisor. TTW! Background. Origin of TTW! Expanding an idea Working with HO Ways they have been marketed. MAMMOTH announcement!!!. MAMMOTH announcement!!!. Adventures with Dinosaurs! Books in set:

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Ten Terrific Weeks!

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  1. Ten Terrific Weeks! Susan Wandishin, Senior Executive Supervisor & Suzanne Opp, Supervisor

  2. TTW! Background • Origin of TTW! • Expanding an idea • Working with HO • Ways they have been marketed

  3. MAMMOTH announcement!!!

  4. MAMMOTH announcement!!! • Adventures with Dinosaurs! • Books in set: • First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs • Dinosaur Stencil Book • How to Draw Dinosaurs • Dinosaur SNAP • Great Dinosaur Search

  5. Adventures with Dinosaurs • Overview: • Week 1: The Wild Earth • Week 2: In the Seas & on the Land • Week 3: Herbivores, part 1 • Week 4: Herbivores, part 2 • Week 5: Carnivores • Week 6: Flying Creatures & Insects • Week 7: Mammals, part 1 • Week 8: Mammals, part 2 • Week 9: Ice Age! • Week 10: Fossil Fun

  6. Adv. with Dinos, sample days • Wednesday: Read “Duck-billed dinosaurs,” from First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, pages 28 – 29 and explore the internet link on page 29. Do “Dinosaur race,” from How to draw Dinosaurs, pages 24 – 25. Use the third stencil from Dinosaur Stencil Book to draw some herbivores, like Lambeosaurus and Parasaurolophus. Suggested topics for journaling/discussion: Hadrosaur herds returned to the exact same place each year to lay eggs. If you could return to the same place every year, where would it be? Would it be somewhere in your house, somewhere you visited once, or a place you have only imagined going to? Why did you pick this place? What makes it special to you? Draw a picture of you in your favorite place.

  7. Adv. with Dinos, sample days • Thursday: Read “Baby dinosaurs,” from First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs, pages 38 – 39 and explore the internet link on page 39. Play a round of SNAP and look for the Maiasaura, a hadrosaur. Do “Baby dinosaurs,” from How to draw Dinosaurs, pages 2 – 3. Use the fourth stencil from Dinosaur Stencil Book to draw your own Maiasaura and baby Maiasauras. Make your own baby dinos! Make gelatin eggs and put dinosaur-shaped crackers or fruit snacks inside.

  8. Adv. with Dinos, sample days • Friday: Scrapbook and picture day! Add all of your pictures to your scrapbook! Take pictures of whole eggs. With a grown up’s permission, break some of the eggs and empty the yolk and whites (you could have scrambled eggs for breakfast!). Put them in the grass or somewhere else outside and take pictures of the shells to make it look like baby dinos have hatched. Focus on the eggs and the cracked shells to get some interesting textures and shapes. Have your pictures developed or printed and add them to your scrapbook in some of the ways suggested.

  9. Programs, Lower Elementary • Adventures on Apple Tree Farm • Beginning reading and writing • Adventures with Dinosaurs • Dinos, scrapbooks • Adventures of Fairy Princesses • Lots of pink sparkles! • Adventures of the Human Body • Major systems of body • Adventures at Sea • Math, critical thinking skills

  10. Programs, Upper Elementary • Adventures in the Arts • Renaissance child: music, theater, chess, cooking • Adventures of the Human Body • Systems of body, plus genetics • Adventures of Knighthood • Medieval history, plus chivalry • Adventures in Literature • Tenets of literature while crafting own fiction piece • Adventures in Space • Outer space, plus create model of solar system

  11. Observations • Sales • Prediction: UE programs stronger sellers than LE • Actual: LE far better sellers, moms control that time • Potential surge of UE sales with past customers • Great to tie into events • Local events: Museum programs, Annual events, Attractions, Library or summer community programs • Family vacation • School thematic units

  12. What They Do Well • Increase parental confidence • Help them think out of the box! • Create lifelong memories • Bonding time with families • Act as a springboard for other activities • Educate • Learn new information • Retention of content • Build foundation for future educational success • They WORK!

  13. Why They Work, in a nutshell • Access multiple parts of brain • By hearing, doing, seeing, activities are more readily moved into long-term memory • Easy to implement • “Mom-proofed” • Support Howard Gardner’s theories of Multiple Intelligences • Mimic Madeline Hunter’s Lesson Plan Format

  14. Mimic Madeline Hunter’s Lesson Plan • Objectives: have a specific outcome goal • TTW: basic, flexible objectives are basis of each program • Standards: grading/assessment of objective • TTW: not done formally, fun is the goal, testimonials are proof • Anticipatory Set: hook the learner • TTW: bonding time, previous activities, inherent drive for fun/learning • Teaching: Input: actual content of lesson • TTW: book content

  15. Mimic Madeline Hunter’s Lesson Plan • Teaching: Modeling: teacher shows what is expected • TTW: done in different ways, some activities (crafts, art, cooking) shown in book, internet-links • Teaching: Checking for understanding • TTW: worksheets, activities, discussion • Guided Practice: demonstrate knowledge with relevant activity • TTW: daily extension activities • Closure: organizing and reinforcing learning • TTW: final activity, certificate

  16. 7 Types of Intelligence • 1. Linguistic: love words, writing, reading, telling stories, etc. • TTW: journaling ideas, character sketch • Applicable Programs: Apple Tree Farm, Dinosaurs, Fairy Princesses, Arts, Knighthood, Literature • 2. Logical – Mathematical: love patterns, categories, strategizing • TTW: distance act., estimating, cooking • Applicable Programs: Apple Tree Farm, Dinosaurs, Fairy Princesses, Sea, Arts, Space

  17. 7 Types of Intelligence, cont. • 3. Bodily – Kinesthetic: love physical activity, sports, crafts • TTW: crafts, outside activities, songs w/ actions, cooking • Applicable programs: Apple Tree Farm, Dinosaurs, Fairy Princesses, Human Body, Sea, Arts, Knighthood, Space • 4. Spatial: think in images and pictures, love puzzles, mazes, drawing, building • TTW: drawing, games, puzzles • Applicable programs: Apple Tree Farm, Dinosaurs, Fairy Princesses, Sea, Arts, Knighthood, Space

  18. 7 Types of Intelligence, cont. • 5. Musical: always singing or drumming, discriminating listeners • TTW: songs, music, journaling in Arts • Applicable Programs: Dinosaurs, Human Body LE, Arts • 6. Interpersonal: leaders among peers, good communicators, understand others’ feelings • TTW: journaling, creative writing, expression • Applicable Programs: all

  19. 7 Types of Intelligence, cont. • 7. Intrapersonal: very aware of own feelings, self-motivated • TTW: journaling • Applicable Programs: all • Most programs utilize the majority of the types of intelligence to promote group usage • Allows children with strengths in certain areas to experience fun activities that utilize the other types of intelligences

  20. Q & A Ten Terrific Weeks!

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