Creative ways to get kids to thrive in school | Olympia Della Flora

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🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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To get young kids to thrive in school, we need to do more than teach them how to read and write -- we need to teach them how to manage their emotions, says educator Olympia Della Flora. In this practical talk, she shares creative tactics she used to help struggling, sometimes disruptive students -- things like stopping for brain breaks, singing songs and even doing yoga poses -- all with her existing budget and resources. "Small changes make huge differences, and it's possible to start right now ... You simply need smarter ways to think about using what you have, where you have it," she says.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Ted Talks daily, I'm Elise Hugh.
0:06.8	It's World Teachers Day, even though every day should be, since our teachers shape our
0:11.2	lives.
0:12.2	They do more than just teach us how to read and write.
0:14.7	They help us develop something arguably even more important, social and emotional coping
0:19.9	skills.
0:21.1	In her archive talk from a Ted Salon in 2019, Educator Olympia Delaflora offers lessons
0:26.9	on how to do this simply by paying more attention per talk after the break.
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1:06.5	This is an elementary school in Columbus, Ohio.
1:10.9	And inside of this school, there was a student named D. When D started school here, he was
1:16.5	six years old, cute as a button with a smile that bright in the entire room.
1:22.7	But after a few months in school, D became angry, and that smile faded.
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