You Don’t Have Time to NOT Do This with Trish Wilkinson Transformative Principal 443

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/TrishWilkinson">Patricia Wilkinson</a> is a science nerd and veteran teacher who has taught all grades, kindergarten through sixth, in both public and private schools. Trish is also the mom of two kids who had “challenges” they now use as strengths in healthy relationships and fulfilling careers. Founder of <a href= "https://brain-stages.ck.page/7ec8097136">Brain Stages Parenting</a>, coauthor of <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Stages-Raise-Smart-Confident-ebook/dp/B07L75KY7B/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1547085720&sr=1-1&keywords=brain+stages"> Brain Stages: How to Raise Smart, Confident Kids and Have Fun Doing It</a>, Trish shares kid-tested, research-supported techniques to educate and raise successful humans in our complicated world.</p> <ul> <li>Everybody gets a big drink of water at the beginning of the day.</li> <li>We all wake up dehydrated.</li> <li>Take a 10 minute exercise or run in the morning.</li> <li>Why the brain benefits so much from exercise and water.</li> <li>Brain connections happen via chemical reactions rather than just electronically, which is facilitated by water.</li> <li>Working memory</li> <li>Moving helps transfer short term memory to long term memory.</li> <li>If we do movement in 10 minute increments, it’s optimal.</li> <li>Add a move game</li> <li>How to be a transformative principal? Get everyone on board with starting with a drink of water and a 10 minute exercise.</li> </ul> <h2 id="sponsors">Sponsors</h2> <h3 id="incontrolselformiddleschool">InControl SEL for Middle School</h3> <p>In Control created an effortless social and emotional, character development video curriculum for your students that’s ZERO-TEACHER-PREP AND it’s so cool looking- it feels like a Youtube or Netflix Series- and that’s purposeful, they meet students right where they’re at.</p> <p>The videos are 5–6 minutes, kids love them, teachers love them, and you will too. There’s no guesswork in the program because there’s a 21-video progression for each grade level.</p> <p>