Full Color Limited Edition Students and teachers are under more stress than ever before. The high demands, unrelenting pace, and levels of academic difficulty have caused a problem of its own--anxiety. We are pushing students through the curriculum, focused on academic achievement. Instead, we need to slow down and provide them with the necessary tools for learning, based on developmental growth. What if... -you could focus more on teaching students than teaching standards? -your job was more about developing learners and less about performance data? -you were given permission to slow down and focus on teaching what matters most? -you had more knowledge, time, and resources to implement the effective strategies that are used by your building specialists? Based on teaching experience and research we have found that implementing strategies that provide students with the tools for learning will get better long term results for overall achievement. To do this we must place our focus on developmental growth in the elementary years. In SLOW DOWN! Children are Learning! You will be inspired and equipped to transform your teaching by focusing on developmental areas such as:executive function growth mindset motor development sensory integration foundations of literacy play-based learning teaching pedagogies You will also be given a framework for a F.I.R.M. Foundation for learning in your classroom. You will read real life stories that will motivate you to shift your focus from only teaching standards to also teaching humans by slowing down to focus on these developmental areas. You will be reminded of why you do all the great things that you do each day in your classroom. You will also learn effective strategies from the experts in the teaching field: Intervention Specialists, Speech and Language Pathologists, Guidance Counselors, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, and Literacy Specialists. As a bonus you will also be given a Teacher Resource Packet that includes many of the effective strategies shared in this book. In today's busy classrooms we don't have to add yet another thing to our plate in order to develop learners. We can provide our students with the proper tools for learning just by shifting our focus to developmental growth in the elementary years so that our students will be mentally, emotionally, and physically ready to handle the rigor of their school years. Just as an archer slowly pulls the arrow back, taking time to focus on what is important, we can hit our targeted goals by doing the same-slowing down to focus on developing learners equipped with the right tools for overall achievement. Buy this book today!