Each year a new batch of students arrives and you can see pretty quickly which students excel with little help, which students are chugging right along at grade level, and which need a little more time, a little more guidance to figure it all out. A few years ago I had a student who…

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve taught, how beautifully you made your lesson plans, or how well you have crafted a fabulous learning activity for your students. The fact is that almost every day we encounter those awkward five to ten minute blocks of time…

In my years of teaching, I have learned two things: Learning must be meaningful and Learning must be fun. Put both together? Even better. If students don’t feel connected to their…