Brain and Behavior

"A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.  I don't want to be at the mercy of my emtoins.  I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them." - Oscar Wilde

"Courage consists in the power of self-recovery."  - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Rember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more diffictul still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."  - Benjamin Franklin

"I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent; curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-criticism, have brought me to my ideas." - Albert Einstein

I was born on December 2, 1955 at Albert Einstein Medical Center in North Philadelphia. At that time my parents' house was at 1307 Paper Mill Road in Erdenheim, PA - in Eastern Montgomery County. My sister, my parents and I lived in that house until I was eight years old. I was a child who was very curious about the world around me and even at the young age of seven, I was exploring nature by witnessing giant fish swimming through a small creek behind my house, catching tomato hornworm catipillars in my father's garden and pulling around a dead rat (in a toy wagon) that my cat had brought home. I was also fascinated by the ticks that my dog brought into the house, which when full of her blood would literally crawl up the wall of our den!

• Neuroscience for Kids
• The Care and Feeding of Your Brain at The Franklin Institute
• The Secret Life of the Brain

 My name is Angela Bryant, I am a Teacher for The School District of Philadelphia.

I have my certification in CCNA(Cisco Certification Network Associate).

I am very interested in why children bully other children in the classroom and how the brain works with bullying.

Hi!  Welcome to the Brain of Judy!  I teach therefore I am!  I bring to this summer institute:  Fun!; Inquiry!; Willingness!; Eagerness to Learn New Ideas!

 Using multiple intelligences in the classroom! 

Howard Gardner: Theory Behind it!

Understanding the Multiple Intel Project

http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/4356.htm

http://www.project2061.org/publications/earlychild/online/perspect/johnson.htm

NPR article on the importance of self-regulation and how "old-fashioned play" helps develop self-regulation: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=19212514&sourceCode=RSS

What is executive function?