Teachers of any subject will enjoy this practical and humorous book. It includes 29 tips for tapping into the power of humor, as well as many examples of material that encourage laughter and learning.

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Teachers of any subject, age 5 to adult, will enjoy this practical and humorous book. It includes 29 tips for tapping into the power of humor, as well as many examples of materials that encourage laughter and learning.

The authors use down to earth, creative approaches that offer dozons of tips like these:
• Turn weakness around through irreverence
• Tease and be willing to be teased back
• Encourage creativity by assigning an outrageous task
• Teacher burn out test
• Be someone else
• Have fun with your tests
• Stress diet fot teachers

Introduction
• Why should humor and laughter be a part of every classroom?
• Disadvantages of using humor in the classroom
• Guidelines for using humor in the classroom

29 practical way to use humor in the classroom
• Create an environment that welcomes humor
• Keep your own "humor therapy" log
  Tail of a dead rabit (with 100 spelling errors)
  Teacher stress test

  Begin class each day with something humorous

  Use activities, activities, activities

  Did you really fall into a vat of anchovies?

  Give silly awards

  Super teacher

  Turn weakness around through irreverence

  Admit your mistakes and laugh at them

  Create an atmosphere where students know that humor is welcome

  Fluffy white kitty

  Tease--and be willing to be teased back

  When eyes start glazing over, do something different

  When appropriate, encourage class "comedians"

  Beat a subject to death, to the point of absurdity

  Ask students to compare unrelated items

  Be someone else

  Lighten up

  Don't be afraid to look foolish once in a while

  Play a game

  Encourage creativity by assigning an outrageous task

  Use humor as an area for classroom exploration

  Use exaggeration for humor--and effect

  Have students rewrite materials in a new form

  Say it in slang

  Draw pictures-and have your students draw pictures

  Let the students do the teaching

  Have some fun with your tests

  Teacher burn--out test

  Take a risk

  Mix things up

  Medical terminology for teachers

  Share what you think is funny, even if you're the only one who thinks so

  Stress diet for teachers

  Demonstrate what not to do

  Following instructions: a test

  With slang; without slang

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