Discipline and YLs

Kaboose is a website aimed at parents but contains some useful info and tips on child development and behaviour.

Have a look at the following articles -

Kids without a conscience

Understand your child's temperament

Stress and teens

Peer Pressure and Grade Schoolers

Teaching Speaking

There is a great new online video series available from the British Council giving you tips on how to teach speaking to children. Here's a link to the first video in the series:

Introduction

There are other videos on rapport, feedback, activities, pronunciation, etc.

Log in and Learn

Here are the slides for my presentation at IH Milan's "From Good Practice to Better Practice" conference, 26 September 2008.

Behaviour website

Louise, YL co-ordinator here at IH Milan, has asked me to blog the following site on behaviour.

The site is Behaviour Needs

The site has some interesting articles about classroom management with provocative titles such as "If pupils misbehave, it's the teacher's fault!"

There are also inspirational posters and lots of useful tips.

Aisli Presentation

Here are the slides for my Using the Web for Teacher Development presentation (Aisli, Rome, 08 Sept 2008).

Aisli Presentation

Here's part two of my Learning by Moving Presentation at the Aisli Conference - 8 September 2008.

Aisli Presentation

Here are the slides for the first part of my Learning by Moving presentation at the Aisli DoS Conference, Monday 8 October 2008, Rome.