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 puts a smile on my face. Every school year has about…
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 children's literature and use the book as a spring board…
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 for a variety of learning, we did not use this…
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 start learning with success!I don't know about you . .…
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 builds upon the Learning Guidelines Lesson. Now that students have…
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 things", this can also be a time of uncertainty, nervous…
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 to inspire, motivate, and challenge my students to be the…