Supporting Self-Regulation in the Classroom

…That’s why when you don’t get a good night’s sleep, you are more irritable. Given the high levels of stimulation and stressors for most kids, the most important way you…

5 Ways to Make Your Students Smile

…me to start thinking about the classroom and how important it is to incorporate smiles into the school day. There are many ways to accomplish that, but here are 2…

Teaching Kids How to Have REAL Discussions

…by the discussion and came away with some new perspectives. Now think about what happens in team discussions at school. One student dominates the discussion while others are too shy…

25 Bulletin Boards You Can Keep Up All Year

…assignment is to decorate it in any way that would represent them. Then I put them all together on a bulletin board titled “You Fit Right In.” Jenn Davidson –…

Building EQ While Expanding IQ

…other ways to label the character’s varying degrees of anger. My shades of meaning cards have 26 words for “angry” and each card represents a different shade of anger. The…