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100 Brainsarefun Tools, Solutions
and Research Results You can Use Today -- Free

The Brainsarefun Solutions Toolbox©
YOU CAN DO IT!
Here are the skills -- reading, writing, listening, speaking, information organization, critical thinking, study skills and math

Start on time. Stay on task. Complete assignments.

from Rory Donaldson, Master Teacher
(what makes him so smart?)

HERE ARE THE TOOLS, SKILLS, RESEARCH RESULTS AND BEHAVIORS that make teachers, parents, children and students so successful. Learn to use the tools you need and use them again and again -- anywhere, with all types of learners, all ages, all abilities. Become a Master Teacher. Every tool has been personally field tested by me so I know they work really well. Everyone succeeds at accelerating his/her basic academic skills and behaviors.

Begin immediately by Reading Aloud for Family Unity -- Learning time, 5 minutes.

All solutions on Brainsarefun are free, don't take a whole lot of time and you're never asked to sign up for anything. This labor of love is done because being a successful reader has been such an important part of my life that I want everyone to experience the same success. There really are Better Days Ahead! Click through on links of interest. No charge.

TOOLS LISTED ALPHABETICALLY

1. ALWAYS BEGIN BY TEACHING ALL KIDS TO READ
   
2. 39 ANSWERS THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR LIFE FOREVER, The Self-Knowledge Acid Test
3. 100 EXCUSES FOR CHOOSING POOR BEHAVIOR, and solutions
4. 101 BRAINSAREFUN TESTIMONIALS
   
5. A MENU OF EFFECTIVE REWARDS
6. A MENU OF EFFECTIVE CORRECTIONS
7. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS
8. ACADEMIC SELF CONFIDENCE
9. ACCELERATED LEARNING, STUDY SKILLS, PROBLEM SOLVING - solutions to a common classroom problem
10. ACHIEVEMENT and SUCCESS
11. AMAZING MATH MACHINE
    
12. AN EDUCATION POLICY FOR POLITICIANS AND SUPERINTENDENTS
13. AN EXERCISE THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR LIFE FOREVER
    
14. AN OPEN DISCUSSION WITH RORY DONALDSON
15. ANSWERS FIRST - SELF CORRECTION, A Humane Way to Teach
16. ART, Is it really all that important?
    
17. BAD, Is School As Bad As I Say?
    
18. BASIC TEACHING TECHNIQUE: How to teach almost anything to anyone (Sample script included).
19. BOOKS TO READ ALOUD TO YOUR CHILDREN AND STUDENTS - birth through 18 years.
20. BRAINSAREFUN, The Short Version
21. BRAINSAREFUN AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION, How do they relate?
22. BRAINSAREFUN AT YOUR SCHOOL
23. BRAINSAREFUN CONTRACTS, that put your child in charge of winning
24. BRAINSAREFUN HOMEWORK SOLUTION
25. BRAINSAREFUN LEAD SOLUTION
    
26. BRAINSAREFUN MATH SOLUTION (Sample script included)
27. BRAINSAREFUN PARENT BROCHURE
28. BRAINSAREFUN READING SOLUTION - Step-by-step instruction on how to accelerate reading skills and comprehension - all ages (Sample script included).
29. BRAINSAREFUN WRITING SOLUTION
30. BUILDING ACADEMIC SELF CONFIDENCE
31. CHORUSING (a really useful tool coming soon)
    
32. COLLEGE, What is it good for?
33. CONTRACTS THAT PUT YOUR KIDS IN CHARGE OF WINNING
34. CONTRACTS THAT PUT YOUR STUDENTS IN CHARGE OF WINNING
    
35. COOPERATION BEFORE INSTRUCTION IS THE GREAT MANDATE
    
36. CORPORATE SOLUTIONS
37. COUNTING (coming soon)
    
38. CREATING A NEW LIFE AT HOME
39. CURRICULUM - the Brainsarefun Institute Course of Study
40. DIRECT INSTRUCTION, The Short Version
41. DO WE REALLY HAVE A READING PROBLEM IN AMERICA?
    
42. ED SCHOOLS, What's wrong, and how to fix them
43. EDUCATION POLICY FOR POLITICIANS AND SUPERINTENDENTS
44. EFFECTIVE TEACHING SKILLS
45. ESTABLISH GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM
46. EVALUATING THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM
47. EXCUSES
48. FIVE SQUARE ACCELERATED LERARNING, reducing anxiety and increasing success across the board
49. FUNDAMENTAL PILLARS OF THE IDEAL SCHOOL
50. FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS
51. GET OFF THE PUNISHMENT (coming soon)
52. GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM 
53. GREAT TEACHERS - What makes them so?
54. HABITUAL DISRUPTION AND ITS CURE
55. HELP SPREAD THE GOSPEL
56. HEROES
57. HOMEWORK - A Cruel Hoax, Part 1
58. HOMEWORK - A Cruel Hoax, Part 2
59. HOOKS WITH WORMS
60. HOPE, A LITERATURE OF
61. HOW TO FIX AMERICAN SCHOOLS - With Solutions!
62. HOW TO INOCULATE YOUR CHILDREN AGAINST POVERTY
63. HOW TO TEACH VIRTUALLY ANYTHING TO ANYONE
64. HYPNOTISM: Log on to Roy Masters, listen to a "Recent Show;" download the free meditation "Be Still and Know;" get de-hypnotized
    
65. LEARNING DISORDERS AND MEDICATION = largely, another dangerous hoax
66. LETTERS OF REFERENCE
    
67. LISTENING / SPEAKING, the "talking stick": How to improve listening and speaking.
68. LITERATURE OF HOPE
69. MANAGEMENT -How to manage classrooms for success
    
70. MASTER TEACHER, What Makes a Master Teacher?
71. MATH
    
72. MISSIONS AND MOTTOES
73. MORE ON THE WHO AND WHAT OF BRAINSAREFUN
74. MOTTOES
    
75. NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND and READING FIRST
76. OTHER RESOURCES / IDEAS
77. PARENT BROCHURE
    
78. PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
79. POLITICIANS AND SUPERINTENDENTS
80. POSITIVE DISCIPLINE - an approach and a definition
81. PRAISE FOR BRAINSAREFUN
82. PROJECT FOLLOW THROUGH
    
83. PROXIMITY MANAGEMENT
84. PUNISHMENT (coming soon)
85. READING
    
86. READING ALOUD FOR FAMILY UNITY
    
87. READING COMMENTARIES
88. REFORMING AMERICAN SCHOOLS -- 22 not-so-easy pieces.
89. RESEARCH
90. RESUME/VITAE
91. REWARDING BEHAVIOR - Catch them doing the right thing.
92. REWARDS: A Menu of Effective Rewards
93. REWARDS, Some additional thoughts
    
94. ROLES OF PARENTS AND HEROES
95. RORY WHO? "What makes him so smart?"
    
96. RULES -- How to run a well-managed classroom from Day One (Sample script included)
97. SCIENTISTS AND MATHEMATICIANS
    
98. SELF-KNOWLEDGE ACID TEST
99. SETTING GOALS, The Self-Knowledge Acid Test
100. SKILLS
101. SOLUTION KEYS TO SUCCESS
102. STRESS and ANXIETY: Log on to Roy Masters, listen to a "Recent Show;" download the free meditation "Be Still and Know;" get up-to-date and in control of your emotions
103. STUDENT BROCHURE
     
104. STUDENT ORIENTATION, SUPERVISION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: Step-by-step instructions on how to establish and maintain positive discipline in the classroom (Sample script included).
105. STUDY SKILLS
106. SUCCESS
     
107. SUGGESTIONS FOR GETTING STARTED
108. SUPERVISION
109. SYLLABI
110. SYLLABUS: BRAINSAREFUN READING & STUDY SKILLS
111. SYLLABUS: ENGLISH 101, DEVELOPMENTAL WRITING FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
112. SYLLABUS: TEACHING SKILLS FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS
113. TEACH ALL KIDS TO READ
     
114. TEACHER TRAINING
115. TEACHING SKILLS
116. TELL ME YOUR GOALS
117. TEST YOUR CHILD'S ABILITY TO READ
     
118. TESTIMONIALS FROM STUDENTS
     
119. THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM WITH AMERICAN EDUCATION, AND THE #1 SOLUTION
120. THE RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE THAT SUPPORTS BRAINSAREFUN
121. THINKING
     
122. WARNING
123. WHAT MAKES A MASTER TEACHER?
124. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT BRAINSAREFUN
125. WHAT'S NEW @ BRAINSAREFUN.COM?
126. WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION, and some solutions
127. WHO IS A MASTER TEACHER?
128. WHO IS RORY DONALDSON? What makes him so smart?
129. WORKING WITH RORY DONALDSON
     
130. WRITER AND THE WRITING PROCESS

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BLANK FORMS FOR PHOTOCOPYING

Basic Contract
Daily Report Card
Five-Minute Contract
Ledger
One-Way Contract
Vacation Contract

 

SAMPLE SCRIPTS ADAPTABLE TO ALL LEARNING SITUATIONS

> BASIC TEACHING TECHNIQUE

> BRAINSAREFUN MATH SOLUTION

> BRAINSAREFUN READING SOLUTION

> RULES -- How to run a well-managed classroom

> STUDENT ORIENTATION, SUPERVISION AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

 

YOU MIGHT AS WELL BECOME A MASTER TEACHER. THE MORE THE MERRIER.

Brains really are fun.

Thank you,

Rory

Suggestions and comments encouraged, email: roryd@brainsarefun.com.

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