If you’re like me, you have a diverse caseload of kids that learn the social-emotional skills we want to teach them in different ways. We counselors can’t seem to get enough of finding new and creative ways to engage our kids in therapy. After countless hours planning and prepping, I’ve found a couple simple truths
A teacher named Kerri recently emailed me to ask: What do you do for that student that continually chooses to misbehave? We have tried everything but nothing fazes him and it’s sending a message to to the other students in my class that I have a different standard of behavior for him. I feel like … Continued
Even more Sanders Sides Fun! You all wanted more, so here's another book! Requests are open, and welcomed. (I don't do side x reader.)
For those who have been following my blog, it's been a full week since I released the post on Depression is For The Weak . ...
I wrote this article in response to a question I was asked by a woman in Denmark. She is currently nursing and has found out she is pregnant again. Now she has hardly any energy and she wanted to k…
Starting June 11, Sotheby's in London will host an "unauthorized retrospective" of Banksy art, but we prefer hunting down the originals.
Hi! I recently finished rewriting my K-6 art curriculum plan. We are required to do this every 4 years. You can see my first blog post about organizing curriculum that I wrote a few years back. I use the curriculum plan as a guide for my yearly planning. If students are interested in one area of art more than another, I tend to adapt my plans. If I have a brilliant idea for something new I want to try with … Read more... →
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Discover 5 engaging activities to help your girls earn the Respect Authority Petal. Teach respect for authority figures through interactive games, crafts, and real-life experiences.
Illustrations by Matheus Lopes. Matheus is an illustrator from Brazil. He always loves to create new stuff and discover new ways to illustrate his
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
At Saturday night's debate, Republicans wanted Marco Rubio to soar and Donald Trump to stumble. The opposite happened.
Music class is an active, engaging, and joyful experience! This is especially true when our musical activities are grounded in creative and intentional teaching strategies. One of the most important teaching strategies has to do with teaching the difference between steady beat and the rhythm of
Happy Friday!!Here in South Jersey, were are eagerly awaiting snowageddon!! Blizzard + coastal flooding + four kids under the age of 7 stuck inside all weekend = CRAZINESS!!Anyway, before we lose power to the snowpocalypse, I wanted
OK.... So.... some of us were talking one day... and I showed them how I was ready for my bat unit... Can I tell you?? a paper cutter is THE best investment (besides, of course the laminator)..and this is a cheapy one from Walmart (eek! don't tell on me that I went there one day..lol) Once I started cutting with this, the time I spent cutting out stuff was cut into THIRDS...lol... yes, we DO have paper cutters at work, but when I bring stuff home, print up and laminate at home, this is MUCH more convenient.... besides...ours at work are pretty dull...so I don't do my good stuff there... Anyway...back to the post... so, we haven't even SCRATCHED the surface with bats this week - it is TOTALLY going into next week... BUT, we did do some reading response activities. We did the "SWBSF" activity in my All About Bats unit... I NEVER knew about this until I started blogging... and OMGosh!! It. is. uh-ma-zing!!! so simple. yet so effective. click the pic to get a copy for your students! Then, I taught them how to take THAT information and make a paragraph.... It's a work-in progress... they have such a hard time with writing... So, everyday after lunch, I have to have my chocolate... it helps me to not binge on the junk food...ok?? ok. Anyway, so I ate TWO Dove candies... you know them.. the OH SO DELICIOUS chocolate?? uhhhhhhhh.....(envision Homer like drooling) lol... anyway, so I ate my TWO pieces... and they BOTH said the SAME thing!! Think someone is trying to tell me something?? Well, my friends... I AM going to do something for myself... I'm doing the MUD RUN this weekend!!! So excited!! Some girl friends and I are doing it - and my hubs is doing it too!! I'm totally going to kick his booty!! lol I totally will - he may be a man...and a firefighter...but I WILL beat him!! haha!! So tomorrow is a student holiday - teacher inservice day...my oh my, wouldn't I just LOVE to have an entire day to work in my room??? yeah. right.
10 Art Sub Lessons. Be prepared and reduce your workload by using these ready made sub lessons that only need a pencil. Wonderful choice.
Being told you should like a nice guy who you don't find attractive is the literal worst. I have been on 11 dates (11 DATES) with a guy I couldn't bring myself to kiss more recently than I want to admit because 1) he was really interested, 2) I…
