The first day of school is always hard. It’s lots of fun. And hard. And exhausting. Knowing what to do on that first day can be overwhelming and stressful. This…
Classroom Management
Friendship Salad: Building Community In Your Class
Every Friday in our classroom we have Foodie Fun Friday where we cook or make some kind of snack. It’s a great way to end our week and a great…
Classroom Design: Whole Group Area
See how this classroom utilizes their whole group instruction area to maximize learning!
Bulletin Boards aren’t something I use very often in my classroom. For one, we have some very small boards in our classroom and those are used for student work, our…
Classroom Dismissal: End Of The Day Dance Party
Afternoon or classroom dismissal. Who loves it? Who hates it? This time of the day used to be one of my most dreaded times of the day. It was chaotic…
At the beginning of the school year, we know it’s all about herding cats and teaching procedures. Those back-to-school procedures include how to use our school supplies. Those school supply…
Apparently, there’s this thing in politics and government and business called a document dump. And you use it when you want to put a bunch of information out without drawing…
Do you want a stage for your classroom? Need any ideas for using your classroom stage? Guess what? We have TWO stages in our classroom and this post explains how…
Community Supplies: How And Why
In our classroom, we have no tables and desks. We do all of our learning and art and work on the floor! Since we don’t have tables and desks, we…
Social-Emotional Learning Bulletin Board
Bulletin Boards aren’t something I use very often in my classroom. For one, we have some very small boards in our classroom and those are used for student work, our…