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Presentations in Beginners ESL Classes for Kids?

Presentations in Beginners ESL Classes for Kids? Pear Tree Education demonstrates what you can achieve in beginners’ ESL classes for kids In a matter of three or four classes, how can you take a complete beginner to a point where they give their first English presentation? Pear Tree dares to achieve what others don’t! Some of the first…

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Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Morals

Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Morals Today’s topic in Pear Tree’s Artificial Intelligence course is ethics and morals, by far the most challenging part of the course. We started by comparing humans to androids, which is very complex once you start looking at the mind (and, let’s face it, the average robots course does nothing but…

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EXPLAINED: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Course

Explaining Pear Tree’s Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Course Pear Tree’s ‘A.I.’ course for 10-14 year olds is a tough course to explain. This partly because it’s very holistic! It’s also because of how common robotics courses have become in Vancouver camps. Pear Tree’s Artificial Intelligence course isn’t really a robotics course and is very different the courses people are…

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Healthy Hot Lunch Recipes?

Any Parents Looking for Recipes for Healthy Hot Lunches? We’ve been getting lots more positive feedback about our Healthy Hot Lunch program, as well as requests for recipes! At the end of our spring camps, we’ll prepare some recipes to share with parents. Please contact us if you’d like to be on the list to…

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Book Review: Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

Because of Mr. Terupt is a terrific book for developing critical thinking and emotional sensitivity Recently I reviewed Paul Yee’s books Shu-Li and Tamara (2008) and Shu-Li and Diego (2009), which are ideal for emerging readers and middle-school ESL students. In this respect, they’re pretty unique. Finding a book that takes these same readers to the next level is…

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Book Review: Shu-Li and Tamara by Paul Yee

Shu-Li and Tamara is better than the sequel! Recently I reviewed Shu-Li and Diego (2009), written by Paul Yee, which I believe is ideal for emerging readers and young ESL students. How does its predecessor, Shu-Li and Tamara (2008) fair? Let’s put it this way, it’s better than the sequel! Shu-Li and Tamara was written by Paul…

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Book Review: Shu-Li and Diego by Paul Yee

Shu-Li and Diego is ideal for emerging readers and young ESL students! In December, I reviewed the book Our Canadian Love Story by Linnie von Sky. That is a book that seems to be intended for very young, new immigrants to Canada. Despite its best intentions and cute artwork, I felt that Our Canadian Love Story played up the…

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FREE Critical Thinking Exercises for Kids

Want Your Child To Practice Critical Thinking? Look No Further! We’ve put together a series of free example critical thinking exercises for kids that you can practice at home or at school Instructions Each exercise consists of a picture and some questions. The pictures come in two formats: PDF and PowerPoint. If you would like to print…

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Part 4: Critical Thinking For Kids in Action

Critical thinking skills for kids in action In this concluding part, we’ll be using critical thinking skills to compare and contrast our two photos. After this, we’ll produce a logical and systematic write up. If you haven’t been following this series, here are the links to the previous parts: PART 1: CRITICAL THINKING: HOW A…

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Part 3: Critical Thinking For Kids in Action

Critical thinking skills for kids in action In this part, we’ll be using critical thinking skills to study a second photo. The ultimate goal will be to do a compare and contrast write up about these two photos. If you haven’t been following this series, here are the links to the previous parts: PART 1: CRITICAL…

Paul Romani