St. Patrick's Day in the classroom is one holiday that's simply fun to celebrate! Want to add some interesting and creative ideas to make the holiday more festive in your classroom? Here are 7+ St. ...
Math & Literacy
11 Warm Snowy Day Activities for the Classroom
As a kid, I used to anticipate the days when I would wake up in the morning and look out the window to a mound of fluffy, white glistening snowflakes as far as the eye could see, and turn on the TV to ...
How to Increase Student Engagement Using Unicorns and Other Themes
Increase student engagement with unicorns and get them excited about learning with these fun math and literacy activities. The Struggle bus to Increase Student Engagement One of the things I ...
25 Books that Teach Kindness in the Classroom
I am a believer about teaching our students about kindness in the classroom above all else. Everything will fall into place, and the world will be better for it, if we begin with kindness. Below is a ...
Increase Student Engagement through Fiction and Non-fiction Text
I am a firm believer that if a child does not love reading it's because they are not reading the right books! One of the ways we as teachers can spark student curiosity, and a joy of reading, is to ...
Fun Spring Math Fact Fluency Activities to Build Confidence
One of the topics of conversation that keeps coming up in our district when talking about math is always how to teach young children to master their addition and subtraction facts. With constantly ...
