Keep Them Engaged, Learning, and Having Fun!

In my experience, kids need to move! That shouldn't keep them from learning, in fact, moving is a great w…

Brainy Kinesthetic Vowels Sounds

The English Language has 18 vowel sounds, but only 5 actual vowels.  (I know, "sometimes Y", but…

Seven Strategies to Help Children Remember Spelling Words

How Can I Keep My Active Students Learning?

5 Days of Indoor Recess? 5 Ideas to Try!

No matter where you live, I'm sure you've had instances where the kiddos couldn't get outside …

Ten Tips for Helping Learning Stick

Five Useful Tips and Tricks!

I've been teaching for 39 years. I've been teaching in my present school for 31 years. I've been…

We're in the Money!

We started working on money this week in second grade!   Money is all about skip counting, so if t…

10 Strategies for Surviving Until Summer

We have 21 school days left. I'm trying not to get stressed out about all the work I have to complete i…

Twelve Strategies to Get From Working Memory to Long Term Memory

Ten Brain Based Learning Strategies

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that I'm absolutely fascinated by the br…