I have a short little post for you today all about a really fun and inexpensive way that I motivate/celebrate my students and the hard work they do each day! I call them Smart Beads, and they are a hot commodity in my classroom…
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…
Are we done yet? How many times have you heard this question when working with young children? Particularly, if you work in a small group setting like I do as a tutor, this question is quite common. It doesn’t matter how much fun the children are having. It doesn’t matter how much…
Even though I teach reading, I always incorporate a social skill learning target into our lesson. My school has all small groups incorporating a social skill into the learning target (just like classroom teachers)…
Brag tags are a simple and fun way to reward and motivate students to meet academic, character, and behavior goals! Brag tags give me the opportunity to help my kids to feel proud rather than…