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Children need self-regulation to focus attention, persist at challenging tasks, learn how to learn, manage emotions, take turns with peers and engage in playful learning that propels their development. Tools of the Mind builds these skills and more. Learn about our unique approach.
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Tools empowers teachers with unique teaching practices to build inclusive, regulated classroom cultures. Being included and accepted affects children’s motivation, cognitive functioning, and academic achievement. And it brings joy back to the classroom for both teachers and children.
Develop foundational literacy, math, science and social studies skills. Activate and amplify their innate, intrinsic motivation to learn. Receive individual reading instruction from the teacher and support from peer partners. Learn, grow and thrive regardless of their unique abilities.
Tools of the Mind (Tools) provides evidence that play-based curricula can help a wide range of children in both public and private early childhood programs to develop integral skills and meet academic goals.
This Campbell systematic review examines the evidence on the effectiveness of the Tools of the Mind curriculum in promoting children's self-regulation and academic skills, in order to inform its implementation in schools.
Tools of the Mind (for short: Tools) is a comprehensive early childhood curriculum based on the principles of cultural-historical psychology. It draws upon work of several generations of post-Vygotskian scholars in the areas of education and psychology as well as the recent developments in cognitive neuropsychology, particularly in the area of ...
25 mar 2019 · Tools of the Mind ® includes guidance on how to establish a strong classroom community among children and adults (e.g., Community Building Games). With a focus on learning through social interactions, the daily large and small group activities, such as Make-Believe Play, Buddy Reading, and Share the News, provide social contexts for children ...
