Likability is a key principle of SCM—because it makes building rapport effortless. It causes students to want to listen to you, please you, and behave for you. It helps make your consequences matter. Being disliked, on the other hand, makes classroom management far more ... Read more
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Summer calls for lots of water activities, cool treats, and easy low prep activities like these summer dot activity printables. This post contains affiliate links. See my Disclosure Policy for details. GETTING STARTED With minimal prep
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Well, it's four days after the storm and Connecticut is slowly getting back to normal. Many of my co-workers and neighbors are still without power and/or water and the clean-up is taking its toll on everyone's spirits a little. We've certainly seen worse storms, but this one was just so widespread that its just going to take time to get everything up and running. That apparently includes the start of school. Teachers were supposed to return to work this past Monday, and the first day of school was scheduled for tomorrow. We had a slightly extended summer vacation when they canceled our work day on Monday but we went in yesterday for meetings and today to set up our classrooms. (Don't you love how they think we can really get it all done in one day?) After a flurry of activity today trying to get everything ready for tomorrow, our principal announced that there were still too many downed power lines and road closures for the children to safely make it to school tomorrow so they have decided to push back the first day to next Wednesday. Yikes! I certainly could use some more time to get the room ready, but now we're starting the year with 3 "snow" days under our belts. What can you do? I feel like I'm already joining the party late because so many of you have already posted pictures of your beautiful classrooms and mine is still not finished. Since you've let me peek into your world, I thought I would post a few pics of what I've done so far so you can take a look at my home away from home. The door to my classroom. This is what you see when you first walk in. Our school was completely remodeled a year and a half ago - how great are the cubbies? The famous Pinterest clock wall with foam clocks from Target. I LOVE this idea. What a great visual way to remind the kids when things are going to happen while also supporting their emerging time-telling skills. The front of my classroom with my BFF the Smartboard. How did I ever teach without one? My reading corner. I still need to add some pillows (and perhaps a couple of Pina Coladas...) My new Word Wall inspired by all of the great circle graphics Kristen uses at Ladybug's Teacher Files. My favorite summer "makeover" project - my guided reading table. My sister helped make the table skirt (and when I say helped I really mean came to my house and sewed it while I held the fabric) and I got the ottomans on sale at Target. I'm very into teal and lime right now so I'm lovin' it! I'll post some more pics when I'm finished. I hope your school year is off to a less bumpy start than mine. Have a great night!
June is scoliosis awareness month, so to help raise awareness, I thought I'd write a post with some interesting facts about scoliosis. Click to read more!
Are you looking for a quick classroom management tool that you can carry around and easy to use? Then this Visual support tool for Classroom Management is used with our students to learn new skills such as requesting "break please", "help" and "wait" as part of my Behavior Management strategies. There are handy visuals on them for your student to have questions they need answered and things they may need to help. Some cards have blank spaces for you to add your own visuals to support individual needs. ************************************************************ Included:- 2 help cards with visuals 2 help cards with spaces for visuals 2 wait cards with visuals 2 wait cards with spaces for visuals 2 stop cards with visuals 2 stop cards with spaces for visuals 2 break cards with visuals 2 break cards with spaces for visuals 2 A4 pages of extra visuals NEW CUTE KEYRING SUPPORTS ADDED 2 X "HELP" "BREAK" "WAIT" "STOP" ************************************************************ The Picture Communication Symbols ©1981–2015 by Mayer-Johnson LLC a Tobii Dynavox company. All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Used with permission. Boardmaker® is a trademark of Mayer-Johnson LLC.
This week for Virtual Book Club Summer Camp it is Forest Fun Week! Here at Toddler Approved when we think of the forest, we think of one thing... THE GRUFFALO! So, this week we'll be
A Charlotte Mason Handicrafts Lesson Before we begin A Charlotte Mason Handicrafts Lesson … First, I explain why I’m focusing subject by subject. Also, I include Charlotte Mason quotes because I find her original lectures on education to be awe inspiring and helpful. Next, please keep reading to see the break down of implementing lessons, the schedule, […]
Are you ready for the month of March? We are all geared up for some fun learning this month! Our March NO PREP packets are done and we are ready to go!
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Navigating food choices for gastritis can be difficult, but you don’t need to sacrifice flavor when deciding on what to eat. While you should be avoiding sweeteners and foods that are high in fat and grease, there are plenty of herbs and spices that will keep your gastritis at bay while also adding necessary flavor...Read More
Our feature artist/reference today is this RUN CYCLE BREAK DOWN by the talented Yoh Yoshinari (who I can’t find a Twitter account for - if you know it please add to the comments so I can retweet with a link in the future). Such a fantastic BALANCE of WEIGHT and FLOW here! #anime