During his 24-year career as a National Board Certified elementary educator, Steve Reifman has created an approach that engages the whole child and empowers students to achieve academic excellence, build strong character, develop lasting work habits and social skills, and take charge of their health & wellness. He is excited to launch his new podcast. (It’s actually more like a TED Talk or workshop presentation than a traditional podcast.) In each episode he will be sharing strategies, stori ...
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Podcast Episode #6: One of the Most Powerful Instructional Strategies Elementary Teachers Can Use
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In this episode Steve explains why movement is such a powerful learning catalyst and describes how movement-based activities engage children on an emotional level, transform the classroom environment, improve student learning, and offer unparalleled novelty, interest, stimulation, excitement, and joy. Steve also introduces a specific type of active…
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Podcast Episode #5: How to Build Strong Student-to-Student Connections in Our Classrooms
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Every day every member of a classroom community has a golden opportunity to powerfully and positively impact others—with kindness, positive energy, gestures of friendship, and other good deeds. When educators encourage strong student-to-student connections, our classrooms become happier places, the need for belonging that all of us have is met, the…
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Podcast Episode #4: The First Hour of the New School Year
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In his ebook The First Month of School, Steve discusses how important it is for elementary teachers to emphasize four priorities at the beginning of each school year. In this fourth episode of the “Teach the Whole Child” podcast, he narrows his focus to the first hour of school and describes how he begins to address two of these priorities during t…
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Podcast Episode #3: The 3 Most Effective Strategies for Developing Character in Children
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Character development has always been one of Steve’s most important teaching priorities. He believes that while our students may not all go on to become world-class scholars, they can all become world-class people. They can learn to work hard, treat one another with uncommon kindness and respect, demonstrate grit, and generally conduct themselves i…
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Podcast Episode #2: The Most Important Activity We Can Do with Our Students
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In this second episode of the “Teach the Whole Child” podcast, Steve describes the most powerful move elementary school teachers can make at the beginning of each year to establish a sense of purpose with students, develop teamwork, build lasting character traits, and set a high expectation level—writing a class mission statement with the kids and …
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Podcast Episode #1: 4 Ways to Build a Personal Connection with Students
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In this first episode of the “Teach the Whole Child” podcast, Steve introduces his teaching approach and describes how it began and how it developed. (10:47) He also shares four of his favorite ways in which teachers can build a strong personal connection with students. These strategies put smiles on children’s faces, offer positive, individual att…
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