Teaching Children Not to Be Rude!

…get back to where they were emotionally prior to the put down. (i.e. if a child gets 3 put downs in one day, he must get 30 compliments to get…

3 Mindful Classroom Teaching Strategies

…smoothly and effectively. I’ve tried group points, individual strategies, treats, moving desks around (a lot), classroom bucks, phone calls to parents (both positive and when students are struggling) and many,…

Secrets of Launching a Stellar School Year

…be like? Would the students be self-motivated and excited about learning? Would they treat each other with kindness and respect? Might you look forward to Monday mornings instead of dreading…

5 Ways to Make Your Students Smile

…a healthy snack each day. That joke might be a little over used today, but when I told it, it was unexpected and the kids got a good smile out…

Favorite Read Alouds for November

…read aloud when comparing and contrasting Thanksgiving today with the traditions observed by the Pilgrims. Children today will find that Thanksgiving long ago was much different from the holiday we…

6 Reasons to Teach Calculator Skills

…fairly solid understanding of numbers and what they mean. I don’t advocate giving them to young children who have not had time to develop number sense, because entering numbers into…

Mighty Math Tasks!

…will learn really quickly that one million is a really hard number to work with in this problem and will change to a smaller number. While the students were working,…