by Shannon McCartney | Apr 9, 2013 | *Motor Skills (Fine and Gross), *Parent Connection, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - PreK
What have you noticed about your students fine motor development skills? Isn’t it scary? Each year more and more students are coming to school with weak fine motor development.Often times these same students have difficulty coordinating eye and hand...
by Shannon McCartney | Mar 25, 2013 | *Early Intervention, *Intervention Strategies, Audience - K-5, Math
Flashcards can strike fear in the hearts of both teachers and students alike, especially when the pile of “unknowns” is bigger than the pile of “knowns.” Typically, we have students practice the pile of “unknowns” because we think...
by Shannon McCartney | Mar 12, 2013 | *Math Practices, Audience - K-5
What’s all the buzz about the 8 Mathematical Practice Standards as it relates to the Math Common Core Standards? Many teachers are implementing the Math Common Core as in “each standard” (which really isn’t too different from our old...
by Shannon McCartney | Feb 28, 2013 | *Behavior Intervention, *Intervention Strategies, *Motor Skills (Fine and Gross), Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2)
The 21st Century learners all seems to have a bit of ADHD, sensory integration and/or are just a bit more wiggly every year! I am starting my new book “It’s time to get a WIGGLE on!” The premise is to understand really how much kids needs to move...
by Shannon McCartney | Feb 6, 2013 | *Early Intervention, Audience - Lower Elementary (K-2), Audience - PreK
In my career I truly feel I have misdiagnosed children with learning disabilities and I feel as a nation we have set a precedence that a child needs to “fail” enough before we will allow them special education services or an appropriate instructional...
