Childhood Grief in the Classroom
One of the unexpected twists I faced in my classroom regularly was childhood grief. Students in my Girls on the Run program, kids in my classroom, peers who volunteered with my students. It can be...
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Meaningful Ways of Using a Social Emotional Learning Journal
I am constantly asked by teachers, “What do I do if I have NO time to add social emotional learning activities into my class schedule?” While my first advice will always be to embed it...
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How Schools can Support Foster Families
Our classrooms are communities of learners and families from ALL walks of life. I know in our teacher hearts we want to support and foster positive relationships across all families, but it’s normal that some...
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4 Books to Promote True Kindness for Kids
This post contains affiliate links. Kindness is a loaded word. It can be used in many ways, and I know all of our goals, as educators, is to use it in its purest sense. However,...
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Collaboration is Key: Working with Outside Therapists
I am so grateful to share that we have Chaya Guttman as a guest blogger this week! Chaya is tackling the topic so many of us awkwardly wade through multiple times per school year. How...
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The Secret to Teaching Executive Functioning Skills
Let’s be real, teaching executive functioning skills is not for the faint of heart! These are essential, mental skills that help us function across the day. Executive functioning skills consist of skills like organization, time...
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Supporting Muslim Students During Ramadan
Today’s post is special, it’s written by a dear friend of mine, Asmahan Mashrah. She is a teacher in Michigan and passionate about all of our students feeling supported, loved, and appreciated for their full...
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3 Reasons Why Emotional Literacy is So Important
Classrooms are emotional places. Our students (and let’s be real, us teachers) experience a rollercoaster of emotions everyday in our classrooms. From excited to bored to frustrated to calm, it all happens on a daily...
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How to Effectively Teach Work Initiation & Getting Started
Executive functioning skills are a hot topic. They seem really abstract, and they can be for so many of our students. Not all of us realize that some of the frustrations we face...
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Organization Strategies for Kids
Executive functioning skills seem really abstract, and they can be for so many of our students. Teaching organization strategies to kids is always an essential lesson that us teachers tend to skip. Add in...
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