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Discover top ideas for parents to prepare their child for the beginning of the school year. Reminder: If you click on the links within this article, the company may receive a commission for qualifying products. Introduction: For many children around the country, school will begin again in a few weeks. Read more…
Discover the top interactive educational ideas for 2024 from free options to ones that cost which keep children and teens engaged. Reminder: If you click on the links within this article, “Top 5 Interactive Educational Ideas for Kids & Teens to Do This Summer,” the company may receive a commission Read more…
Vocabulary for ANY subject – ANY grade level Educators strive to increase their students’ vocabulary bank across the board. Many students do not come to school with a depth of knowledge concerning words; therefore, teachers have to play catch-up to help those students. The students who do come to school Read more…
Tips on how and what to do as parents to prepare your child for distance learning and their learning space.
My Experience About a month ago, I was reading an article about cats. Yes, I do consider my cats as my grand babies. As I was reading, I ran across the word curmudgeon. I was standing in my kitchen at the refrigerator at that moment. I wrote the word and Read more…
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure concerning affiliate links. My Experience Some teachers go back and forth about if they should offer extra credit. This has been a topic that I have wrestled with over the past few years. I finally caved in and decided to Read more…
My Experience Learning the hard way is sometimes the best teacher. Once again, my first few years as an educator were rough for me. I did not understand how to be consistent with my classroom procedures, routines, and expectations. This was something that was difficult for me. First of all, Read more…
My very first year teaching, I didn’t have a clue as to what to do . I didn’t realize how important it was to think about and pre-plan even those little details when it comes to setting the structure. As many of you know, the result was me spending all Read more…
Here are some steps in counteracting those mundane times in your classroom. Find a student who you know won’t mind you light-heartedly teasing them and joke around a little. Everyone gets a good laugh, and it keeps the mood in the classroom light. I do this quite often with my Read more…
This year, I am trying something new. I know this seems like a no brainer, but with some many districts pushing for teachers to start the year off running, many teachers do not take those critical first couple of weeks to analyze the data with their students. I will admit Read more…