Are you ready to have a successful parent teacher conference? Do you look forward to these opportunities to connect with parents? Most teachers I talk to do not like conferences.…
Building Strong Foundations Through Handwriting Why teach handwriting? In our digital age, where keyboards and touchscreens dominate our communication, handwriting might seem like an unnecessary skill in the twenty-first century.…
First Week of School: The Most Important I love this time of year!!! Listening to school bells ring all across the globe as students and teachers head back to school…
Children's Literature: Using Experts I remember taking a class about children's literature in my undergrad studies. This was one of my favorite classes because I was able to enjoy reading…
Since our first week of school was a full five days, I really focused on building community and moving the kids into a daily routine. Although our class uses technology…
Are you an educator? Whether you teach littles or bigs, public, private, or homeschool your kiddos, read on to get ready for the upcoming school year and be ready to…
One of my favorite back to school lessons is "A Caring Being". This is a great social emotional lesson that I implement the first week of school. This lesson…
New School Year . . . Fresh Start Beginning a new school year is an opportunity to start fresh: a new beginning, new teacher, new friends. With all these "new…
Well . . . after spending 25 years teaching in a traditional framework (last post), now I feel like I can finally TEACH! The handcuffs are off, and I am free…