Teaching with Dry Erase Boards

…NC! The good news for everyone else is that you can still download your free copy of Teaching with Dry Erase Boards! __________________ Today is my birthday, but instead of…

Fun Games for Learning the 50 States

…How to Play Find the States Showdown: The first Leader selects a number card from the State Numbers deck and announces the number to the team. Everyone looks at the…

Math is More Than a Numbers Game

…to read and understand the language of mathematics than on the ability to perform mathematics computation. In other words … Math is more than a numbers game. Years ago, standardized…

Teach Kindness on Pay It Forward Day

…The Pay it Forward Day website explains that it’s a time to remind ourselves of the power of giving and how the process of paying it forward can make the…

Falling in Love … With a Poem

…Or Brussels sprouts. Something you should eat because it’s good for you. Yuck! Too many see poetry as difficult and feel inadequate—uncertain and uneasy. Sometimes, even unsure as to how…

Supporting Self-Regulation in the Classroom

…If we are good at self-regulating, we are able to sustain a feel-good, optimal state of attention; we can organize our thinking and coordinate our actions to accomplish desired goals;…

25 Bulletin Boards You Can Keep Up All Year

Advice from Real Teachers Series Even if you love creating bulletin boards, chances are good that you don’t have time to dream up a new bulletin board every month for…

3D Printers – New Dimensions in Learning!

…to program the printer to create the object, and the object is created inside the box. Luckily, there is a website, Thingiverse, where people who know how to write the…

Getting Started with Whole Brain Teaching

…information and videos on the Whole Brain Teaching website, but be forewarned – there’s so much on the site that it can be a bit overwhelming on your first visit!…

Make Your Mark on International Dot Day!

…Boy, did I find them! Peter Reynolds is the founder of Fablevision Learning, and they’ve created a website full of resources for teachers to use when reading the book to…