No Bathroom Comments!

Bathroom comments can mean "potty talk."  Yes, I definitely discourage that s…

Drill and Kill? Do Students Still Need to Memorize?

Ideas to Help Get the New School Year Started

Looking for ideas to start the new year?  Every year, when the calendar turns to August, I sta…

Space Balls: Build Community and Team Building as Well as Imagination and Concentration!

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Predictability and Novelty

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A Few Summer Dollar Deals!

Communication With Parents

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The Bulgaria Game: A Team Building Game for Imaginative Children

Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First

I'm sure you've  heard this phrase before: Have you thought about what this means for teachers? …

Developing Multiplilcation and Division Fact Fluency

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What Do You Love About Yourself?

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Seven Benefits of Teaching Handwriting

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Please, Stop Saying AND!!

Please, stop saying AND! This may sound like a post about run on sentences. Now I'm not crazy abou…

Answering in Complete Sentences

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Celebrating Kwanzaa

What do you know about Kwanzaa?

Three Things to Do When a Student Gets Frustrated

School can be very frustrating.  Some children find school frustrating once in a while,  and others find…

Ten Classroom Management Tips with the Brain in Mind

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