Whole Brain Teaching: Kindergarten (Expanded!)

[@Purplemistress1982]

Every thing has a sound or an action or a movement, there is repetition, but the children are engaged at all times. These routines brings order and discipline, it is targeting all of the different types of learners such as audio, kinetic, visual etc! Wonderful!

[@cbclaudia01]

I admire her for having such great control over her class. I was a preschool teacher for a decade and having 20 five year olds in a class was SUPER hard for me. I know how horrible school can be when little to no control is in the classroom. This teacher has the students FULL attention. We see that when they say "yes yes" every time she says "class class". And the fact that they all repeat the rules out loud with ensure that they have an easier time following them. I loved the alphabet song they sang. I can see the children ARE having fun, they get to dance, sing, and chant. They get to talk and use their bodies the entire duration of this video.

[@jennybateacher]

This is a fantastic method for classroom management as well as pedagogy. The 30 second micro lessons have made a huge difference for my students learning.

[@nanarose9329]

OMG, I used this so many years ago and I still use this now. You literally started my behaviour management career.

[@Parlante4ever]

I had the privilege of meeting Andrea at the National Whole Brain Teaching Conference this week. She is so charismatic and ready to help the rest of us. I have never enjoyed teaching like I did last year using WBT for the first time. The children love it and it is so positive. Having fun learning involves the emotional part of the brain and helps put things into long term memory faster. The gestures help the many motor learners. Class/yes and Teach/OK are ingenius!

[@TheMags77]

After the truck driver cheer, they do HANDS and EYES--this is when all attention is focused on the teacher. Hands folded in lap, eyes focused on teacher. I went to the Power Teaching Seminar recently and it was wonderful!!!

[@ginamarie1024]

!!!! I love this!! I love the control she has over her class, her classroom management, and the song she taught them with letter sounds!!! Wow!!! I NEED this book as a student teacher getting ready to graduate and get into my own classroom! Amazing!

[@farmerz97]

This is my 2nd year teaching kindergarten. Your video has been a helpful tool. I've already applied much of what I've seen. I do find that including choral responses and the repetition keeps more of my students fully engaged in the lesson.

[@TimBedley]

Power teaching is POWERFUL!! I'm so glad you guys post videos on KZbin. Because of that, my students have learned more and enjoyed themselves in the process! Thank you!

[@khurtsmom]

For auditory learners they will learn better listening to themselves speak, it also helps a child who gets distracted easily to concentrate on their lesson as they can hear their lesson. the phone they are using is mostly used in speech therapy so children can hear any mistakes they are making in speech. It may seem crazy but it is an amazing teaching tool.

[@txgirla]

I taught Kinder for 15 years. Always amazed me that you have to have all those extra hours to teach KG but no extra pay. These teachers should make more than other teachers. Its SO hard & constant. No down time here!

[@glyche]

i think it is called disciplined kids. she's actually awesome to be able to get ALL the kids sitting down, reciting rules, participating, and teaching each other. great classroom management

[@denovo62]

What a beautiful and inspirational display of natural human brilliance and healthy human interaction at work here! I love kindergarten classrooms, as ones I've seen I have been impressed by their well-orderliness and burst of creative color and educational symbols everywhere (like the learning wall in the background), but this is indeed the most inspirational kindergarten class I've ever seen.

[@krissi772]

I'm in awe. LOVE THIS! I'm teaching an unusually rowdy group, and they would love this! I bet her test scores are awesome as well. Spending my rainy Labor Day absorbing as much "Whole Brain" as I can!

[@annehixson8379]

Great teaching technique!! As a K. teacher, I can assure you this is NOT hypnotizing. It is difficult to engage 20, 5-6 year-olds at one time, for more than 10 mins. It is important for children to do and be interacting in order to actually be learning. These children are learning when responding to the teacher and each other. Partner talk is important, like when the students teach each other. I am very impressed by this well-designed lesson, allowing for active learning and tons of fun!

[@MsMygabriel]

I liked how the kids are engaged. Great job:)

[@joannmorgan74]

NO,its not hypnotizing. i totally understand where she is going. the kids are focused. mind you this is only part of the day. im sure they have play time during the day. i love how they go to their seats chanting seat, seat, seat. it helps them focus on the task. most kids will detour going to the seat and try to do something else. GREAT JOB TEACHER!

[@sanibelisland2006]

Children need structure and I'm sure they have time to be creative also. Some of the people that posted comments have obviously never been a teacher. Great teaching!!

[@lovingtheglovedone]

It is from the Dr. Jean and Friends CD. "Who Let the Letters Out?". It is a great CD. There is a great song on there called, "The World Family" which teaches children the name of their school, city, state, country, continent and planet.

[@girasoljhslovesme]

This is wonderful! I am about to start a new school year with four year olds. This gave me great fun ideas for group control. THANK YOU!!

[@casamolina]

Engaging Kindy children is so important. They need to be involved in their learning and their attention span is short. The one or two children who are not engaged take up all the teacher's time and nobody ends up learning. I love WBT.

[@ssheena22]

That alphabet song is wonderful. Im student teaching a kindergarten class now and Im looking for engaging activities. Great video

[@jewelska]

Awesome techniques! Some I've been using with my third grade class for year with great success!

[@SuperSimpleSongs]

Fascinating! Great stuff.

[@lisam.rodriguez2267]

LOVE THIS! Thank you for sharing this wonderful video! Will definitely try it with my kindergarteners.

[@wallydolly1]

I really love her technique! i will try these methods when i become a kinder garten teacher.

[@AntoinetteAcosta]

Awesome. Thanks for this! I'll remember to make more body gestures to make the lesson more exciting and enlightened.

[@Ewema4kids]

Thanks for posting this! I tried this after I watched a couple of whole brain videos and my students LOVED it. I will study the method more now and use it more often. I also teach kindergarten and the total engagement is perfect - especially for my ESL students who need LOTS of practice! Ignore the naysayers - they obviously aren't teachers. (or are terrible teachers who are stuck on old fashion let's-lecture-and-bore-the-children style teaching) Great job!

[@preciousme488]

This is on a CD by Dr. Jean, google her, this song is called "Who let the letters out".

[@HaloofCurls]

Also read Harry Wong's "The First Days of School" for some insight into the importance of procedures in classroom management. Clear consistent procedures, like reciting the rules and the procedure the kids use to move from the carpet to their tables decrease the amount of discipline problems in the classroom because a lot of discipline problems arise when kids don't know what they're supposed to be doing. This is true for kinder all the way through twelve.

[@merritttaylor5009]

I love Chris Biffle!! Trying to get more teachers to join me!!

[@emansalaheldin]

wow is it possible to change the rules that are written in Chris Biffle's book??

[@mommajomma1]

wow!! I'm teaching first grade inclusion this year and I will definitely try some of your techniques. This is fabulous!

[@elissaneal1]

@grommitts It's Who Let the Letters Out by Dr. Jean

[@khurtsmom]

Repetitiously annoying (for an Adult) but all together wonderful! best kindergarten teacher I have seen, these kids are having fun and learning tons at the same time! wish there were more teachers like this around!!! I am a homeschooling mom of 5 who uses as much fun and repetition as I can find. Found this video while looking up interactive learning songs for my preschooler and kindergartner. I will definitely be reading into this style of teaching for all my little ones.

[@123nickiv]

I do think this is "one" great of teaching. The students can not get distracted! They are focused the whole time, and not day-dreaming... Plus kids love repetition... "But" I also believe this should NOT be the "only" method of teaching!!! They should use other methods too! Don't you all agree? Thanks for the upload though. It was interesting and creative.

[@YeahMeCrazy415]

This is definately not hypnotizing. If you are a kinder teacher or teacher in general, classroom management is pretty darn hard. How would you go about having 25 plus children to be engage, learn and have fun? This technique is one that I find very powerful. I would love to have my daughter be in this class. Just a glimse of your class tells me that you are a wonderful teacher. I can only imagine what the rest of the day is like. GREAT JOB!

[@SassyCarolinaNative]

Wow! That's great classroom management!

[@alexisa9991]

My mom is an amazing kindergarten teacher like the one in this video. It's so difficult to keep all the 5 yr olds, in one place for one, somewhat sitting still and at the same time learning while having fun. My mom's been a kinder teacher for 15 years, and she's started her own blogging site to help other kinder teachers do what she's been doing so passionately. Amazing resources on her site check it out real quick! Thanks!

[@paolatolaba6939]

great job! miss! I Love your way of teaching

[@MrsBooks]

Great video...Children are vibrant...communicating with one another & learning...due to stimulating their brains! Keep up the awesome work!!! MB :)

[@tishamoon]

Wow, that was great! I'm definitely going to check out more about this at your website.

[@yalilybrazon]

Wow this video is going to my Favorites for sure. Great stuff, great class!

[@broncosfamily4]

It is Dr. Jean, "Who let the letters out". :)

[@christian1172-z9e]

Is there a video that shows a class being introduced to WBT from the beginning. Like the first day of school?

[@Peace0MamaCas]

This looks almost exactly like my kid's tae kwon do class (except obviously they are learning something different). All the gesturing, answer and response. They love it, they learn better this way at that age. I thought it was going to be too much for him, but structured like this, he can handle it just fine. So much answer and response sounds horrible to us grown ups, but it shoves a ton of repetition into a short amount of time.

[@wallydolly1]

Very good, i will try this when i start teaching.

[@heatherqt]

I just wonder how the students and class progress through the year. And it would be interesting to observe for the whole day.

[@christinerobertson5392]

I am curious as to what the hand actions were for the alphabet sound rap (Who let the A out - a, a,a, a)? Did you make them up yourself or do they go with the whole brain teaching?

[@grommitts]

whats the name of the song on 2:12? she uses to teach the alphabet

[@leahthedamndiva8635]

awesome!!! I will definitely need to learn this technique when I start teaching as well!!

[@annehixson8379]

Do you use it? I think I would love to use it! I am interested in starting it this year, but I do not have proper training on it. I think I have the gist of it, and think that their website has videos on how to teach it. But, I've seen several now. What did you do before teaching with this technique?

[@reemaassil3375]

I love whole brain teaching! I used to do it when I taught older kids. But a few questions, how many hours are these kids in school? I feel that a lot of the in between chants and transitioning takes up alot of time. Also, how can this be applied with preschool? A lot of it might be too much for them. I do have a very consistent routine with arrival work, small groups and everything in between, but I still feel my kiddos are too small for this! :(

[@grommitts]

woooowwww....... love it.....!!!! excellent....!!!! i will try to apply it in my english classs

[@memo19820]

This video is great and I love it!!!

[@jamieleeclouston8627]

This all looks amazing but I cant see it working for my class of 31 children. The majority do not speak English as a home language and have a very limited English vocab.

[@meghanlevick]

Where did you get the letter song from? I'm a music teacher and would love to incorporate that into my class! Great job teaching by the way!

[@cyberswaggie]

@RaoYiLan My experience of my extremely independent and capable year ones has been somewhat frustrating as their efforts have been, usually, focussed in a contest against each other. They cannot organise a classroom. I watched and waited but no surprise, it wasnt happening. My professional responsibility is to focus their capacities and join them into a cohesive learning team. My first experiences with these techniques are promising and fruitful.

[@halpey1]

I've tried some of these techniques with my own class and they're awesome... I'm writing about it on my blog, but I can't post the link here due to KZbin restrictions. Click on my name for the link though. :)

[@heatherkanning]

Does anyone have some examples of daily and weekly rewards for kinder?

[@elizabethjohnson8973]

Where can i find the song that the students were singing?? Thanks!

[@xxnannerxx]

Wow, you are an amazing teacher. This is my first year teaching and I hope that my class management can be this wonderful. I have 6 students who don't speak any English and will not sit still or listen for even 3 minutes. Stressful! I was wondering what month was this filmed?

[@olivialeigh6308]

You might want to take a look at the TPRS teaching method to learn foreign languages!

[@Gigibean163]

this video was very helpful ideas of how i can teach in 3 years

[@Lilian45438]

What music did you use for the alphafriend's chant?

[@camilaeleuterio]

@atill91 they are teaching the alphabet and reviewing it.

[@haneenjwaihan5388]

I liked your class management and i'm applying your metthod.thank you

[@YSFgoldblatt]

What is the background music for the song?

[@davidmeneses385]

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[@lilysanchez8305]

I like Chris Biffle !!

[@dpascare82]

also where did you get those alphabet cards?

[@chelle.belle143]

Where can I find the beat for the alphabet song the kids sang? Is there a place I can find the words and gestures for the song?

[@jodydellevoet478]

Dr Jean

[@shamirak7281]

She changed that song

[@florecita123]

how can I get the abc song I really liked it :)

[@curtliljedahl2497]

where can i find this alphabet recording?

[@denovo62]

@Coolguyus123 I don't think the children are hypnotized here, as you can see the teacher is gentle and affirming, not coercive, controlling or manipulating. There is indeed order here, but it is natural and although there's obvious choreography having taken place previously, and recitation of "rules," they are of basic, respectful ethics, and the spirit of the children is lifted up, naturally engaged with creative, interacting song and movement, and is just plain wholesome and healthy.

[@keioshalashamerriweather2197]

This video would make me be a kindergarten teacher it's like watching this whole brain video it would be nice to becoming a kindergarten teacher that my goals to get my teachers license so can become a kindergarten teacher

[@MrFrankZamarripa]

This is great!

[@dpascare82]

is there anyplace that shows or explains, the gestures for each letter?

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[@crossoverkid12]

These children are smart.

[@44andstrong]

I want to get the music so I can use this in my kindergarten class. Does anyone know what it's called?

[@kimestry99]

I assume you are refering to Bloom's TAxonomy with your "higher order" comment. However, rote learning precedes the synthesis of new knowledge and experiences. A cheesy phonics Song in K can give a child the tools she needs to write a beautiful poem or short story later on in life. There are basics that must be learned and anyone worth his or her salt in education knows that young children need routine. If they were not having fun in this class, you would NOT see this amount of participation.

[@pyramidhead138]

i dunno what that background noise is, but it sounds like you guys are on a plane

[@sabrinag1561]

if i could ask the teacher some question on this video that would be great im in Child Guidance and i have a project due tomorrow... i want to use your teaching skills because your awesome at it! i have some questions to ask you ...if u could get back to me as soon as possible that be great...

[@tammyramey]

As much as I, as a kindergarten teacher myself, watch whole brain class examples, much of it to me still seems like military-style rote. HOWEVER, one can completely see that it works. I am in a class this year that, no matter how many years' experience with inner-city children, and however many years' working with behavioral kids, I for some reason have not been able to get a handle on this class. It has only been a week! However, I feel like I am already losing the battle. I think behaviors get worse each year. So, I am going to implement some of these ideas. For example, when I call my students to their table, for example ,table 1, I am going to insist they say 'table 1 sitting' as they sit. I also am going to implement the 'hands and eyes' phrase. I have always gotten my students' attention by doing 5 claps, then students respond by clapping 5 times themselves. NO. Not this class. I am going to go through the rules this way, and maybe implement your rules. They seem more effective. After years of using the same rules, which were highly effective, I am going to use these rules. I am not so into my own teaching philosophies that I don't know when it's time to change up some things. So thank you. :)

[@Somethingproductable]

If only my high school was so cooperative. Ugh... I wanna be in kindergarten.

[@Corazon806]

wow never seen nething like this! pretty amazing!

[@rachel103190]

she has good technique but it was a bit much. but hey it works!!!! will definitely try some of her methods when i become a teacher

[@mhd76]

Thanks! I was just wondering. :)

[@HaloofCurls]

You need to take a look at Bloom's Taxonomy. If kids don't master the basic levels of "remembering" and "understanding" they won't be able to get to higher order thinking. Also when I taught kinder they LOVED doing whole group recitations like this. If I forgot the rules, they'd always remind me. Very young children love chanting together and doing gestures, that is fun for them. They also find repetition and routine comforting, especially if they are coming from a chaotic home environment.

[@TheDenissereyes]

great job!

[@keioshamerriweather9068]

hi I'm Keisha I'm trying to be a leader teacher I need some ideas

[@kimestry99]

Carpet time keeps concepts fresh on the mind. Young children= young brains. Stop reviewing the "1st grade" material your daughter knows &the proverbial "cobwebs" would set in. For example, some teachers use the beginning of school to review old material bc the summer erases some previously learned info. This is not a representation of a school day-just carpet time. See the artwork hanging up in the background? I'm sure this teacher had other TEACHERS in mind when she posted this video-we get it

[@mediatapwater]

this phonics song is awesome!

[@shamirak7281]

Nice I love it.. It let the dogs out🎶🎶🎶

[@rikhill1]

So many critics! It would be great to see empirical evidence that this teaching methodology is value adding. I am inclined to think it will undoubtably improve student outcomes. I observed many valuable techniques employed in the video. With so many critical comments I would love to read what strategies and techniques those opposed would suggest would better this approach, let alone compliment it! Dr Suess or... Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons ? I think I would choose Engelmen

[@mediatapwater]

i like the part when the kids take turn to teach each other.

[@lisasrfrgrl17]

This is very CUTE :D

[@enilson1254]

my pre-school was noisy..we were rebels hahaha

[@PaulaStreet]

it is evident from the comments that the main purpose of kindergarten 'education' is to - make life bearable for the teacher - in that the class is 'under control' - but what are they actually learning....? i am in 2 minds about the issue - I have taught kindergarten, and it's a pain when they are out of control, but - is that the main overriding purpose - or could we perhaps aim a little higher in our expectations of God's creation - the human being in His image - the Creator - ie. Creativity !

[@denovo62]

@Coolguyus123 Where real hypnotizing comes in is in popular media, don't ya think? Television programming that appeals to the popular culture mentality only, w/t hardly an inkling of the awareness for character development, or educating of the mind of higher ideals and inspirations, concern for truth or influence, with a plastering of sophisticated marketing & commercials that are designed to transfix, addict, and program people, esp our young ones, to be good consumers and nothing more.....

[@denovo62]

@blanknot Don't you think that conventional teaching is what puts a damper on creativity? I mean, wouldn't our test scores, school drop outs & basic math, reading and writing skills here in America attest to how uncreative, unimaginative and ineffective traditional methods are? Order is not a bad thing. Something like this could easily be manipulated, but what is being done here is that natural, inspired order is laying a healthy foundation for a spring board of creativity for future building.