Looking forward to the Sunshine

On a rainy day, the last day of May we went to vote for the European Parliament.

 In Italy the weather has been  rainy and cold for weeks, this May has been one of the  worst I have ever seen.

It is time to take off  jackets and  shoes and to wear  T-shirts and  sandals but  we are still in the mid of winter and spring has not  arrived yet.

It might be  Global Warming or  just a special year in which  Nature is trying to talk to us to let us know that we do need to care.

I have spent the last weekends at home and I wish I could walk and listen to the birds singing in the garden.

 I do really hope next weekend I will be able to go out and  read the newspaper in the garden.

MAY 2019 by tangiolini

Sofia Corradi - Mamma Erasmus

Her name has become important for the many students who have  learnt abroad. When I finished university  Erasmus had just started and I felt that I had missed something.

Erasmus was born thanks to an Italian woman who  studied in Europe but at that time  there was no official recognition of the period spent abroad.
Since then  millions of  young people have studied, worked and  lived abroad and they have been supporting  European projects.

Thank you  to  Sofia Corradi!!

Happy #MothersDay, Mamma Erasmus! 🎈

The idea for the Eramsus came to Sofia Corradi in 1958 when her university did not recognise her year abroad. Fast forward 61 years, and millions have benefitted from her work & commitment. https://t.co/QeK2QZYeer pic.twitter.com/sz0A5tvbRc

— Erasmus+ (@EUErasmusPlus) 12 maggio 2019

Museum Week

To remember great women and the Past. Thanks to some people like Rose Valland we can see some masterpieces of Art. We should never forget what happened.

Women have been great !

.@UNESCO supports #MuseumWeek & the global movement #WomenInCulture! On this occasion, get to know the story of Rose Valland.

History remembers the #MonumentsMen; but now it's time to talk about the courage of a true #MonumentsWoman who remained in the shadows for way too long! pic.twitter.com/itFLRgdQQx

— UNESCO (@UNESCO) 18 maggio 2019

Mother's Day

Pictures, videos  and paintings  are shared online, they are  about  Mother's Day: I  discovered Instagram and I am using it for my activities.
Today I found interesting things worth sharing: they might be used in my English lessons but also in some Art lessons

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Happy Mother's Day from the Frick! We celebrate today with a photo of Adelaide Frick (Mrs. Henry Clay Frick) with her children Childs, Martha, and Helen Clay from 1888. #FrickCollection #MothersDay #FrickArchives

A post shared by The Frick Collection (@frickcollection) on May 12, 2019 at 8:48am PDT

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Happy Mother's Day from the Art Institute! 🤱 . In 1906 Gari Melchers exhibited this sympathetic portrait of a woman and her child at both the Paris Salon and the Art Institute. Melchers portrayed the pair with vivid intensity, contrasting the woman's direct gaze with the charming appeal of the baby's chubby face. See "Mother and Child" on view in American Art.

A post shared by The Art Institute of Chicago (@artinstitutechi) on May 12, 2019 at 6:53am PDT

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Happy Mother's Day to the most caring, brilliant, funny, and grounded woman I know—a perfect role model not just for our daughters, but so many others. Love you, @MichelleObama.

A post shared by Barack Obama (@barackobama) on May 12, 2019 at 8:33am PDT

There are a lot of resources which can be used by educators, not only  Instagram but a lot of websites are sharing resources online. Here are some I have just discovered.


Resources online

https://www.education.com/resources/mothers-day/

https://www.esolcourses.com/topics/mothers-day.html


Cooking

Happy Mother's Day to all Moms!

Feeling Positive

I know I can do it. pic.twitter.com/LnRf1ptlj2

— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) 4 maggio 2019

I know I can do it!!

Resources for Educators

Thank you Greta

Thank you Greta. You are not alone.

You have been doing what the others, the older generations are not doing. 



Keep on working! 

Feeling positive while learning

This morning I came across this post shared online: it is really challenging as it reminds us what we are expected to do when learning and also teaching.

A timely reminder for teachers and students! pic.twitter.com/Ra7Hv9fGfu

— edublogs (@edublogs) 27 aprile 2019

This reminded me how I felt when something  went wrong at school, it was not easy to cope with difficulties . As educators we need to focus on our learners and find the best strategies to get them into the habit of  learning and making progress
I would add that learning by doing and by making  mistakes  is a good way to come to terms with learning difficulties.  If we want, we can achieve what we want to but this implies working hard, struggling and sometimes making mistakes. It is the process of learning that is very important. We do need to empower our learners to work on their  process and their reflections on what is happing. 

I should and I did 🍩 pic.twitter.com/jCTwCdy03E

— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) 27 aprile 2019

Teaching requires the best techniques but also to know more about  mindset and how to grow  it:
here are some resources which might help you do this.




http://growthmindsetmemes.blogspot.com/

http://info.thinkfun.com/stem-education/carol-dweck-growth-mindset-in-education

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Growth Mindset, by doleole

If only we knew more about these approaches, we would have better learners and perhaps better educators.

Let's begin by reflecting on our approaches and let's all learn about some  ideas worth sharing.