The Power of Praise

…conducted that had astounding results. This research was also referenced in a terrific article in the New York Magazine called How Not to Talk to Your Child: The Inverse Power…

3 Easy Ways to Wrap up the School Year

…make sure to show next year’s group at “Back to School Time” all of the exciting things that they will learn in their new grade. This would be a perfect…

Fostering a Growth Mindset with Brain Bucks

…who’ve learned that mistakes are an important part of the growing process may still be reluctant to try something new or to tackle a challenging assignment. Similarly, students who’ve learned…

Book Donation Bonanza: Free PD Books for Schools!

The publishing world keeps changing, and sometimes those changes happen so fast we don’t see them coming. That’s exactly what happened to my publisher, and it’s why we’re donating thousands…

Bio Poems for President’s Day

…Easy. This resource is available in my TpT store, but it’s also free for my email subscribers. If you’d like a free copy, click the Freebies link in the menu…

Task Cards 101

…in your classroom? You can download a variety of free task cards sets from my Totally Task Cards blog free resources page. What is your favorite way to use task…

Earth Day Teaching Resources

…use either my free Bio Poems Made Easy activity or my Character Bio Reports lesson to study a conservation leader, such as President Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, or Jane Goodall….

Secrets of Launching a Stellar School Year

…how to implement the strategies. How to Launch a Super School Year Free Video Course That’s why developed my free video course, How to Launch a Super School Year! I…

A Dozen Fun Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

…one newspaper. Add digital photos, scanned artwork, quotes about the school year, awards and accomplishments – the list is endless! To conserve paper, produce the newsletter in digital form and…