Whiteboard In A Box Blog

Nobody looks forward to chores. They are mostly mundane and take you away from what you really want to do, like goofing around on Facebook. What if you were to set aside some family time for "no internet time" and do projects together? It's more fun and productive than it sounds on the surface! We have found that many families like to post their weekly activities on a dry erase board and it communicates the fact that everyone has family work time and everyone has family play time. It's important for everyone to know they're part of a group and...

  Do you write things down so you don't forget them? I write things down and then I forget where I put the piece of paper. That is truly maddening! But there's a solution! Mark your goals clearly on a whiteboard and mark them off as they're accomplished. You probably won't lose the whiteboard! Ask any successful person how they got that way and every one will tell you to set goals. And one of the most important things in setting goals is to write them down. Entrepreneur Magazine offers these steps: 1. Set goals that motivate you2. Set SMART goals.3....

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, one in 5 American families speak a language other than English in their homes. Also, millions of non-English speakers come to this country to live, work, or study. Because of this there is a huge need for ESL (English as a Second Language) classes, and they are going on every day in almost every city. Language experts say that English is one of the most difficult languages to learn, so ESL teachers have quite a challenge trying to explain the difference between "there, their, and they're" to people. Most native speakers can't get...

According to government statistics, there are about 1.7 million K-12 students being home schooled in the U.S. this year, which is about 3.5 % of all students. The numbers for home schooled kids has been growing steadily over the past 10 years, and often parents will try to have their home school environment mirror a real classroom.  Many home school families set aside a room in their home to be a classroom. This helps separate the things kids do for recreation like watching TV and playing video games from the serious nature of learning. Keeping schedules on the wall for...

A dry erase board, or whiteboard, is a very effective teaching aid, but to young students, it's play land! Everyone grab a marker and start drawing pictures, cartoons, and doodles! As a teacher, setting the rules straight on day one is an important step to keeping your whiteboard a teaching tool as well as a fun way for kids to learn. Probably the best thing to do prior to the start of school is to create separate sections on the board. One section in the top corner for the teacher's name, the day of the week, and perhaps the lesson...