This week, we started talking about Thinking Win-Win, especially when it comes to making deposits into each others (and my!) Emotional Bank Accounts. While we start each year with…
We’ve got a wonderful water use resource, a study unit that’s a “Hoot,” and over 20 brain breaks that’ll help rejuvenate you and your students while giving you a much needed respite…
I love the idea of teaching students positive life lessons rather than a list of things they shouldn’t do. Leadership is an essential skill to modern life. Whether you are a leader at work, in your community, or simply within your household, every person will need to take the lead at some point…
Kids can be SO scared to make mistakes. Whether they come from a home where mistakes aren’t embraced or they’re just natural born perfectionists, they’re {sometimes} terrified to make them…
There are two times of the year that I would find myself sitting and reflecting on my classroom atmosphere more than any other time — the beginning of the year and the end of the year. Year after year, a goal of mine was to do more celebrating of character in my classroom. At the end of the day, I knew that sending my students out as little people who display quality character was…