WBT Live TV! on Tuesday!

I'm so excited for the newest WBT webinar! Check out Chris B's Email:

Dear Colleagues: SUPERSPEED RHYMES, our huge, 500 slide PowerPoint program will debut on our webcast, Tuesday, January 31. 30 word families, 200+ words, every word illustrated with a high quality, cartoon graphic! Teach your kids rhymes, sight words, question answering, critical thinking AND with the included Phonics Decoder, a powerful technique for breaking words into letter sounds! Tune in at WholeBrainTeaching.com: Tuesday, January 31 5 PM Western and Mountain 7 PM Central 8 PM Eastern Get the free SUPERSPEED RHYMES download Tuesday night! Power to the Teachers! Chris "Coach B" Biffle Director, Whole Brain Teachers of America

 If you can't make the Tuesday webcast they post the videos http://wholebrainteaching.com/Whole-Brain-Teching/WBT-TV.html Check them out :) Hope to see you Tuesday

New Whole Brain Teaching Blog

Want to find out more about Whole Brain Teaching? Well hop over to my new Whole Brain Teaching blog where I share all about my experiences with Whole Brain Teaching
http://scrapbunnywbt.blogspot.com/

Brain Toys

ChrisRekstad posted this great explanation of Brain Toys, the newest goodies from Whole Brain Teaching. Here is the forum post and below it Chris' explanation. Enjoy


There are three levels of understanding: memorization, paraphrasing and original thinking. Brain Toys are used to engage the prefrontal, visual, motor and auditory cortex in original thinking, learning’s highest level.

1. Props: books, pencils, papers, keys, even a whole classroom can become problems, ideas, events, abstractions, etc.

2. Air Blackboard: clean the dirty left corner; pull the screen to any size you want, make invisible diagrams. Good for illustrating the relationship between ideas, creating outlines, anything that can be drawn.

3. Mirror: Use your hands to act out a story. "First", (Hold up one finger)"the man drove his car to town" (Pantomime driving a car), etc.

4. Sockless Hand Puppets: great for conversations between opposing points of view: can be used to compare and contrast or in any dialogue situations.

5. Infinity Sack: Use the Infinity Sack when you need something that can't be illustrated by a single prop. Pull anything you want out of your infinity sack: mountains, cities, people, an ocean, a mouse, a planet of daffodils to use in any explanation...

6. Example Popper: Pop example out of the top of your head to illustrate important points.

7. Vocab Candy: Pop one in your mouth and automatically use a vocabulary word in your next sentence!

8. Two Finger, All Terrain, Action Figures, with Anti-Gravity Boots:
use them to recreate any sequence of events in a story or a process. Walk your Action Figures on your desk, in the air, up your arm, anywhere. They're All Terrain! And they hop free of gravity!

9. Because Slappers: "Because" is probably the single most important word in clear thinking, because it introduces evidence for your conclusions. Slap one hand on top of the other when you use "because" to show your are "building" evidence.

10. Compare/Contrast: Bump your fist together when contrasting; lace your fingers together when comparing. Compare/Contrast is probably the most powerful, most deeply explanatory of all Brain Toys...use frequently!

11. Combos: Use any combination of the above.

Use these when you use the "Teach/Okay". Instead of (clap twice) "Teach"...try this...(Clap Twice) "Props" and the kids say "Okay".

This adds variety and builds massive critical thinking. Try it out tomorrow!

WBT Live TV!

Come join me in the BEST teacher training with WBT! It's a bright new day ...

April 9, Saturday, 9AM PST Got Challenging Kids?  Want to learn a great, academic review game that your students will beg to play?  Tune in to "Mind Soccer!"  Whole Brain Teaching's first, live, TV broadcast and watch Chris Biffle in action!  A few minutes before program time, click on the link below: http://www.livestream.com/wholebrainteaching1    Text In Your Questions Yes!  Our live, TV broadcast will be fully interactive.  Play "Stump Biffle" as you text him your toughest, teaching questions.  Want more info?  Email Chris Biffle at  ChrisBiffle@WholeBrainTeaching.com   Professional Development Credit If you need professional development credit, or would like a copy of the slides used during the program, we'll email you a link to a pdf download for $5.00.  Otherwise, the broadcast is free!  free!  free!

Whole Brain Teaching

I love Whole Brain Teaching and last week was great so join me for this week's 

FREE! Live WBT TV broadcast, "Stump Biffle!"

9AM Pacific Standard Time, Saturday, April 2. Click below to watch and text in your questions.

http://www.livestream.com/wholebrainteaching1