Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids: 2nd Edition: (and the rest of your class, too!) Paperback – May 31, 2023

Whole Brain Teaching for Challenging Kids is a wonderful book. I highly recommend it. I have been teaching for 33 years and Chris Biffle offers great techniques that are highly engaging for your class. They are easy to learn and the students really respond. If you've tried everything else and haven't found a solution yet, try whole brain teaching. You'll love it and so will the kids!

Rather you've been teaching for 1 year or 20 years this book has something for all. It is very detailed and organized in a way that you just need to tab a chapter as you need it. I've used Whole Brain Teaching for 11 years now and will never go back to " Traditional teaching". Also the Alphahawk healing for teachers is a wonderful tool for self care that I highly recommend implementing into your daily routine, you know when you are getting better at teaching outside of the classroom. This will prepare you to go in with a mindset of practice not punish and reward for improvement and not ability. Wonderful Read!

Get this book TODAY! Do not wait! Whole Brain Teaching brought the joy of teaching back in my life and I’m forever grateful. This book is an easy read and every aspect of Whole Brain Teaching just makes sense. It’s full of strategies that activate all areas of the students’ brains and makes learning fun! The strategies are easy to implement and there are tons of free resources to accompany them on tPt.

Buy this book, join their facebook group, get their free TPT goodies to print out, watch their videos, and listen to their podcasts! It will transform your classroom management, how deeply connected you are as a class, and teach you FUN ways to practice academics. It has transformed my teaching and I'm going on year 28 and feel I can do many more because of these methods. My favorite thing about the program is the continuous language development children get through continuous talk and conversation amongst themselves.

A few years ago I stumbled across the first edition of this book and read it within a day. I was hooked! After that day I went to the website and also joined the whole brain teaching Facebook groups to learn everything I could before school started that August. I've been using many of the whole brain teaching strategies since then but due to illness slacked off a little on commenting and posting in the Facebook groups but I still use it in my classroom since the students can help lead the classroom and make it easiest for me on days when I am not feeling my best. When I saw that there was going to be a second edition come out I knew I had to get it and ordered right away. This book like the first was so easy to read and full of helpful heads for the classroom. I also finished it in a day but highlighted much more that I want to remember to include this coming school year. I'm already passing my book on to some teachers in my school to read so that they too can get hooked on whole brain teaching!

I've gradually included WBT strategies in my third-grade classroom for several years. Each year gets better and better. My relationships with students deepen with each new class I teach, thanks to Chris Biffle and the WBT team. (Many of whom were awarded Teacher of the Year in their schools.) This new 2nd edition is even better than the first. There are significant improvements to help us increase student engagement, critical thinking, and relationships. The model is to create a LIVING video game in our classrooms using brain-friendly games and motivational strategies, giving us dopamine dollops! My favorite tool is using direct instruction in a new way with the Magic Circle. My students are staying engaged and learning more! This edition has huge upgrades and helpful ideas. It is easier to use because of the six learning modules. It's easy to find what you're looking for. I've read my edition cover to cover. My incoming third graders need not wear socks this year because WBT will blow them off!

Wow!!!! It started off as a requirement for a book study, however, I cannot put it down. This book comes with so many wonderful strategies on getting and keeping your class engaged ALL year long.

I came to Whole Brain Teaching during the pandemic as a way of making the circumstances not so "Sit in your seat and don't get too close to each other!" and more fun and exciting. Ever since I've been hooked. This book explains it all and in such simple, get ready to do it now terms. If you are beating your head against the same old wall and feel like behaviors in your class will never get better, get this book and implement it now! As an aside, the author, Chris Biffle, gives what seems like every moment of his life to bettering the world of education. This book will unlock soooo many innovative ways to make your class fun again.