Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Happiness Advantage

One 2-Minute Task That Can Drastically Boost a Struggling Reader’s Success
This is a very interesting video on the topic of positive psychology. According to Psychologist, Shawn Achor, there is a simple 2-minute task you can have your students do each day, that, if repeated for 21 days researchers have found brings the following results: intelligence rises, creativity rises, energy levels rise.
Being positive in the present turns on all the learning centers in your brain. After you watch this video, think about how using song-games regularly could be another way to create this positive learning environment.
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