Bucket Seats… Made Easy!

…super easy tutorial on how to make bucket seats from those cheap 5-gallon paint buckets that you can get from pretty much any home improvement store. I actually got mine…

5 Ways to Engage Parents Using Google Drive

…account and download the Google Drive app to their phone. For parents without e-mail addresses, I also help them sign up for Gmail, and download the app on their phone

Teaching Children Not to Be Rude!

…rudeness.) Often times, if a child in a story book has a problem and learns to solve the problem, the reader can identify with the strategies used in the book

Cooking Up a Caring Classroom

Book Titles and Topics Checklist After I realized that Julia’s books would be ideal for class meetings, I asked her if she had a chart with all of her book

Getting Started with Classroom Book Clubs

…after becoming frustrated and overwhelmed with what was required. If you can relate, stick with me to learn about Classroom Book Clubs, a form of Literature Circles that’s easy to…

Boom Learning Changes You Need to Know About

…for Teacher Appreciation Week or another giveaway, choose TpT as the marketplace and enter “freegift” for the order number. Where to Purchase Boom Cards Because of these changes, the best

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…management trick in the book. After 20+ years of teaching, that adds up to a lot of time spent on tricks and gimmicks to be able to run your classroom…

Awakened: Hope for the Year Ahead

…of its title. As soon as I first saw this book on Angela’s website, I was intrigued by the title and the book’s description. I had recently been reading a…