4 Powerful Ways to Teach Your Students Through Play

03/31/17 • 11 min

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Every Classroom Matters With Cool Cat Teacher

Our guest provides powerful examples of how she uses play as an engaging, effective teaching tool in science, literature. math and history.
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Leanna Prater, M.A. Ed., is a District Technology Resource Teacher for Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, KY where she conducts professional development and provides supports to educators in instructional technology. She is also a doctoral candidate in Instructional Systems Design in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Kentucky, College of Education.

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Connie Hamilton Ed.S. is a curriculum director in for Saranac Community Schools and a national presenter focusing on questioning, best practices, and leadership. She co-authored Hacking Homework with Starr Sackstein. Starr Sackstein teaches writing and journalism in New York City. She is a National Board-certified teacher and the New York director for the Journalism Education Association.

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Psychologist Dr. Reggie Melrose is the best-selling author of The 60 Seconds Fix and creator of Brain ChargeTM: The K-12 Curriculum. She has authored several other noteworthy resources including the groundbreaking books, You Can Heal Your Child and Why Students Underachieve. She is a well-known international speaker and consultant specializing in the application of current neuroscience to educational practice and parenting.