5 Picture Books about Anxiety
This post contains affiliate links. Whether we like it or not, anxiety is part of life. We all have seasons of life and incidents that occur that cause us to feel anxious or worried. It...
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Daily SEL Practices to Try
School is weird these days. With masks, uncertainties, mandates, and social distancing, social emotional learning is at the forefront. Our students need these explicit lessons! With all of the academic curriculum and skills we have...
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Using SEL Early Finisher Choice Boards
One of the first things I learned as a new teacher is that I needed more activities than I would have ever imagined. The lessons I thought would take 45 minutes took 20, and we...
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Using Breathing Mats in the Classroom
Breathing mats won’t solve ALL of your classroom concerns, but they sure do help. These simple resources provide structure, support, and a non-threatening way to introduce an evidence based coping skill to children. The science...
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9 Tips for a Sensory Friendly Classroom
We ALL have sensory systems, every single one of us! This is one of the many reasons why I am so passionate about classrooms being sensory friendly. While we of course have students with sensory...
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3 Ways to Combat Math Anxiety
I am absolutely a recovering math phobic. Math anxiety could literally be my middle name. I truly believe that I have undiagnosed dyscalculia. I fit absolutely every characteristic to a T. Growing up, this...
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Tips and Strategies for Student Engagement
Student engagement can literally feel like pulling teeth at times. Should I be hanging from the ceiling fan? Tap dancing? Wearing a costume? I mean – MAYBE. Just kidding! Here are a few ways to...
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The 5 Best Classroom Timers
This post contains affiliate links Classroom timers are one of my absolute necessary classroom staples. I use them for EVERYTHING! Not only do they keep me on track as the teacher, but they are so...
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3 Ways to Use Visuals to Prevent Student Elopement
Student elopement can be really tricky. We want to support students, we want to get their needs met, we want to keep them safe, and of course, keep the rest of the class focused and...
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9 Tips to Build Classroom Community
This post contains affiliate links. I taught students with emotional disabilities for a number of years. The setting I taught in was a therapeutic day school, meaning we had no non-disabled peers and inclusion experiences...
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