Bringing Lessons to Life with Many Modes of Interaction

4th grade offers exciting learning opportunities

Our brains are wired to find the combination of words, images, and action intrinsically more interesting than words alone. When multimedia is used effectively in education, learning becomes more engaging. Students become more motivated to work through lessons, and simply learn more. Careful Curation of Multimedia – The Most Engaging Content for Each Course and […]

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Empowering Independent Thinkers and Learners

Today, it’s more important than ever for students to become independent thinkers and self-directed learners. In tomorrow’s workplace, they’ll be expected to learn-on-the-go in order to solve problems we can only imagine today. To help them meet those future challenges, we’ve redesigned our curriculum—giving students progressively more responsibility for their learning as they advance through […]

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Developing Creative Problem-Solving Skills

It’s no secret. Children are natural, creative problem-solvers. From solving puzzles today to dismantling your computer tomorrow, it’s how they learn about the world around them – and have fun! Yet 90% of educators surveyed in a recent multi-national study say schools don’t do enough to integrate creative problem-solving into curricula. And employers routinely complain […]

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A Very Special Happy 100th Birthday!

The folks here at Calvert Education would like to wish a very special Happy 100th Birthday to Elisabeth Knipp Eason (known as “Nippy”). Mrs. Eason was an instrumental part of Calvert’s Home Instruction Department (HID) in the 1950’s. As a teacher of the “Eighth Age” (second grade), Mrs. Eason taught students from around the globe […]

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The Ringling Brothers Blue Unit Visits Calvert!

Did you know that the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus have been using Calvert for over 35 years?  In fact Kim Siriporn, a Calvert employee for over 37 years, recalls the early visits when one of their very famous performers, Gunther Gebel-Williams, would visit Calvert along with his children.  Calvert’s Ringling Brothers Circus students […]

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Meet the Ostrups – A Calvert Family in Belgium

Our friends at My International Adventure recently conducted a Skype interview with the Ostrup family in Belgium.  Watch the video below to learn more about this amazing family, their international travels, and their experiences with Calvert. Many thanks to the Ostrup family for sharing their time and experiences! If you live outside the U.S. or […]

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