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What Does A CFS Crash Feel Like? Anyone suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome is familiar with the CFS 'crash'. It comes about when you push yourself
Use engagaing videos to teach the elements of narrative writing. Students can analyze the genre by using short videos as they prepare to write their own.
What vocational targets for students with Autism do you need to hit in your class to make them job ready? Read on… and FREE Materials to help!| NoodleNook
how to master your emotions using emotional intelligence skills.
A Bullet Journal is one of the best planning systems out there and it pairs well with the productivity system Getting Things Done (GTD). Change your life by learning how to use a bullet journal to get things done using GTD.
Everyone is finally starting to acknowledge that our mental health is just as important as our physical health.
You feel like you're doing everything right. You're friendly and consistent and your students know what is expected of them. And yet, you still struggle.
Call-and-response is a time-tested technique for getting attention. Instead of repeating yourself, train students to respond to a fun statement!
This simple brain worksheet PDF is designed to be an easily approachable visual teaching aid for all ages.
Everyone is finally starting to acknowledge that our mental health is just as important as our physical health.
Unwanted talking is near the top of the list of teacher frustrations. In this article, learn the actual strategies to finally get rid of it for good.
Kids today are under so much more stress than the previous two generations, and it often shows up in difficulties at school. Oftentimes when the brain is stuck in a stress response, it is very difficult for the child to get out of it. The following infographic shows how the amygdala gets highjacked, or stuck …
Trabalenguas are a great way to train your tongue and other relevant muscles for better Spanish pronunciation. Try these 10 Spanish tongue twisters.
FREE Call Backs and attention getters for the kindergarten classroom! Great classroom management tool!
Click here to find out more about the Teach 4 the Heart podcast. Sometimes there's a class that's just - how can we say this nicely? - challenging. You've tried everything you can think of, and they still don't want to learn.Enter whole brain teaching.This method, invented by Chris Biffle, is new an
What is interoceptive awareness? Get tips, tools, and strategies for improving your child's interoceptive awareness skills.
Every teacher needs a few fun, fast, easy, tricks up his/her sleeve. Here are a few easy classroom management tricks I've picked up over the years. Need a Second to Get Ready for the Next
This article discusses a letter writing exercise that can help you process your past and get to the core of your relationship with your parent
Are you looking for some parenting tips on how to get your kids to listen the first time? Check out this in-depth article that goes beyond "fixing" and helps you create a home environment of listening.
I love a good podcast! They have become so engrained in my life that I listen to them when I’m cooking breakfast, getting ready for the day, and during the commute to work. On average, I consume about 6-10 hours per week soaking in information. Why I Listen To Podcasts A lot of people wonder […]
I was talking with a colleague a few weeks ago about functional medicine, and what that looks like in practice. “So, how would you treat someone with hypothyroidism, for example?” He as…
Teaching your child how to properly interrupt while showing respect for their elders
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Are Stomach Parasites Causing Your Fatigue? You might wonder why I'm including an article on stomach parasites symptoms in a website about chronic fatigue
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Try these fun brain break ideas to help active kids stay focused and learn at their best like yoga, Go Noodle, and printable cards.
This post covers 22 common emotional triggers stemming from abusive parents and why they may be triggering.
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With World Down Syndrome Day and Autism Awareness Month right around the corner, this is the perfect time to think about hosting your own disability awareness day to help students throughout your school better understand different types of disabilities! Last year, I used this Disability Awareness Day Kit from The Bender Bunch to host a schoolwide awareness day for 3rd-5th graders. I was lucky enough to have a principal that let me get a sub for the day to run this wonderful event. I set aside about an hour and 15 minutes per session and did each grade level at their own time. For the event, I sent out parent volunteer forms and got parents to sign up for a time slot to help run a table! Traci from The Bender Bunch included so many great things for me to use during this event. There are some things that you need to grab ahead of time that you'll see in my pictures, but overall it was really just making copies, finding volunteers, and setting up the stations! For my event, I created my own questionnaire to send out to teachers about a week before the event to have their students fill out. This gave me a great idea what they knew about disabilities already, what questions they had, etc. They answered a very similar questionnaire after the event so I could see what they learned! I also spend about 15 minutes at the end of the the event talking to each grade level about ways they can be a good friend to someone with a disability, asking them questions about what they learned, and answering any lingering questions. Overall, it was a GREAT success! In the future, I'd love to do it again (with help!). I did this event last year all on my own and although it turned out amazing, I would love to do it again with a little less stress (and someone to help me answer questions, those kids had some awesome questions!). Each station was set up at a table like this with everything you needed to run the station smoothly! I grabbed a bunch of gloves from our school lost and found and had the students trying to pick up pennies, tie their shoes, etc. It was eye opening for them! Finger spelling word puzzles, these were awesome! One of our stations had Google Chromebooks set up with a couple different things. One was white noise where they had to listen to the white noise while doing the specified activity. I also had some set up to show them a video through the eyes of someone with Autism. They all loved this! I e-mailed the Autism video to classroom teachers in case someone didn't get a turn. You can see the video HERE. I loved this station. All of the kids were like "I can't see that!!!" and I'm like "that's the point ;-)" haha! Have you ever done something similar at your school? If not, I highly recommend doing it! This event was a huge eye opener and big hit!
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Being stuck in automatic negative thoughts can be mentally exhausting. Learn these 6 steps to challenge and reframing thoughts in a positive way.
