Final Thoughts: The Effects on Mental Health and How We Strive to Alleviate Them Adolescents and young adults are still making developmental gains emotionally, physically, etc, which makes them more susceptible to mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety, says Dr. Amanda Fialk, a social worker specializing in adolescent and young adult mental health. […]
Outdoor Learning: How a Pandemic Confirmed what Many of us Already Knew brookwoodchristian.com For years, traditional education has minimized many of the challenges of teaching, says Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. She goes on to comment that during COVID-19 […]
Mixed Age Learning: Benefits in Academics and Child Development The age segregation of schools is a contributing factor to competition and stress among students, according to Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups. Experts now believe that […]
Homework: Concerns with Overuse for Younger Students Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups, recently discussed in article in The Atlantic, how elementary education is too focused on excessive homework focused on achieving a mastery of very […]
Technology: Issues and Concerns that were Amplified during COVID In a recent article in The Atlantic, Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups, says that younger children have struggled the most with distance learning and that the […]
Tuesday, November 10, The Atlantic published an article from the December issue, “School Wasn’t So Great Before Covid, Either.” The author, Erika Christakis, an early childhood educator and New York Times bestselling author of The Importance of Being Little: What Young Children Really Need From Grownups, outlines not only the concerns with education for young […]
Here’s some sample distance learning art projects for Ms. Deb’s class that students submitted through Google Classroom during the COVID-19 School Closing. Great Job students!
Here is an interesting meteorology activity by the National Hurricane Center, for 4th, 5th, & 6th graders. “These webinars will focus on the job of a meteorologist, the weather hazards that come with hurricanes, and how meteorologists get you the weather information you need before a storm. “Registration links available about a week before the […]
Here is a cool art project just using glue, salt, and water color! Salt Art by A Girl and a Glue Gun. There are other great arts & craft ideas too, such as: Cookie Cutter Art, Yarn Rainbows, Friendship Bracelets, and tons more!
During this challenging time of COVID-19 school closing, we have moved to a distance learning model that, thanks to both our families’ patience and support and our teachers hard work, seems to be working very well. We are sharing various things to support and enhance these efforts on our school’s Facebook Page (like & follow […]
Watch Ms. Nadiya demonstrate and art project perfect for stay at home during this closure! “In this video we will learn how to make a collage using recycled materials.”
This model of the R.M.S. Titanic was designed and built by Blake Burnette, a 10 year old student at Brookwood Christian School. Blake loves history and has a special interest in the Titanic. He has been unable to find a model of the Titanic in stores so he designed and built his own. Blake brought […]
Look at the wonderful art projects our students did during Ms. Nadiya’s art class! [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”15″ gal_title=”Fall Art 2017″]
… we were at school and today was one of the most memorable days for our students and visitors from the community! Here is as sneak preview
Students building a Sun Funnel for the Eclipse Viewing Party on Monday, August 21. They constructed it in class then took it outside to test it and fine tune it. This is one of the 3 viewing stations we will have in
March 7th – 11th was Random Act of Kindness for a Police Officer, #RAK4BLUE. We had local law enforcement, Acworth Police Officers, come to the school to receive thank-you posters made by the students as well as a cake. Fun was had by all!
The City of Acworth along with the Acworth Tree Commission held a special celebration for all of the Arbor Day Poster Contest winners. Local schools participate in this poster contest each year based on the theme set by the Acworth Tree Commission. This year’s theme was “Tweets About Trees.” We had so many wonderful entries […]
Service project today at Ms. Abbie Parks’ house! And afterward the students got a history lesson from a pro! Ms. Abbie is a wonderful historian and story teller.
