Teachers love to develop creative lessons and inspire students to love learning. Additionally, they love to design classroom routines and expectations that focus on positivity and kindness. However, one aspect that teachers do not enjoy involves settling fights and arguments between students. ... Read More
The Importance of Being Yourself with Be You
One of the aspects students love most about school involves their classmates. They love making new friends and getting to see them each day. However, children also put a lot of pressure on themselves to make friends. Due to this, they can lose sight of the importance of being themselves. Sadly, they ... Read More
Celebrating Diversity with The Day You Begin 
When students are at home, they are comfortable being who they are. This often means speaking a certain language, following specific beliefs, and eating certain foods. However, they enter a classroom full of students with different backgrounds when they go to school. Often, this makes students feel ... Read More
Developing Empathy through The Invisible Boy
Are you often reminding students to be nice to each other? Or, to treat others with respect and compassion? Honestly, these reminders are something all teachers say to students regardless of grade level. For a variety of reasons, students sometimes forget about being kind. They also forget they ... Read More
Back to School Read Alouds
Last year, I compiled a list of books for the first week of school. Well, I’ve got some more for you! I truly believe that reading books aloud is a wonderful way to start the school year. It is an amazing way to build community in your classroom! Check out these back to school read ... Read More
New Picture Books (June 2022)
I love finding brand new picture books and thinking about how they can be used in the classroom! Check out these new picture books from June 2022. This post contains affiliate links. Read my full disclosure here. New Picture Books (June 2022) Brave Every Day by Trudy Ludwig Brave Every ... Read More
