Our approach to helping kids being successful life long learners

1. Winning at Learning

2. M>M>M>M>M
Our Approach:* Learning that is…
Meaningful
Manageable
Memorable
Metacognitive
and builds Momentum
*FT/GLT

3. Where are these children going?
Will they be successful learners?

4. We can support them by
Building a Sense of Agency
Teaching Them to Read
Hearing Their Voices

5. Building a Sense of Agency
….”Supporting children’s agency is about
recognizing that children have a right to
choices and decisions, and are capable of
initiating their own learning….”
• The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states children have a right to be
active participants in all matters affecting their
• http://files.acecqa.gov.au/files/QualityInformationSheets/QualityArea1/supporting_agency_involving_chil
dren_in_decision_making.pdf

6. Learning to Read

7. Hearing Their Voices

8. What else might we do to help students become life
long learners?
Some places we started
http://explorience1.pbworks.com/w/page/19411732
/Futures%20Lab%20Start%20Up
http://frantoomeytalk.blogspot.com/
http://wanttolearn.edublogs.org/2018/06/25/executi
ve-function-and-designing-your-own-learning/