7 Tips for a Great Parent Teacher Conference

In today's busy world, parents and educators are stretched to the max, making the face to face time provided by parent-teacher conferences precious. Despite parents having more access to teachers than ever before via email (remember when our parents had...

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Celebrating Culture and Traditions in the Classroom

Celebrating Different Cultures Starts with Inclusion  I was in 5th grade and trying hard to belong, but just barely fitting in. I looked different than all my teachers and everyone in my class. Small things often reminded me I did...

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8 Gratitude Activities for Early Education

Gratitude is an important topic for the classroom when building out any social-emotional learning curriculum, but as we know, students don’t just learn from listening, they learn from doing. Here are eight fun activities that can help students learn about...

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Celebrating Creativity in the Classroom

When you hear the word “creativity,” what are some images and words that come to mind? Do you think of art? Paint palettes and the like? If so, you’re not alone! While creativity definitely includes the act of creating art,...

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Soothing School Anxiety and First-Day-of-School Jitters

Even during a regular year, the end of summer and beginning of fall marks a big change and transition for a lot of educators. Preparing your curriculum and classroom setting, as well as anticipating your new group of students, are...

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9 Activities to Promote Kindness in the Classroom

After an isolating year, there is an even greater need for us to reconnect this spring. Here are 9 kindness classroom activities that can help.

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8 Strategies to Support Positive Core Beliefs in the Classroom

How can we support our students in developing adaptive core beliefs? This article explores the concept of core beliefs and offers activities to try with infants, preschoolers, and elementary school students.

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Perfectionism and Self-Acceptance in the Classroom

Adults and children alike can experience an internal battle with our inner critic. Sometimes our inner critics can get very loud, leading to feelings of anxiety, guilt or shame. Most of us don’t love feeling guilt or shame so we...

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Teaching Kindness in the Classroom

How can we teach children kindness? It’s a big question about an important, but a sometimes elusive, idea. If you’re curious about teaching students kindness, read on for some easy ways of making kindness a part of the daily classroom...

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10 Ways to Promote Resilience in Students

Life can be amazing and life can be tough and these can both be true at the same time. What helps us get through the tough part is resilience. We explore 10 different ways educators can help students build resilience and promote...

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Coping with Winter Blues in the Classroom

Teachers, we have made it to the middle of the winter. The holiday and new year excitement is wearing off and we are all realizing that we are a long...way… from… summer.  It’s typical for students, (and teachers) to get...

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A Strengths-Based Approach to Imperfect Classroom Moments

Being a teacher is no easy feat. There are challenging and imperfect moments daily. The pressures teachers are under to support each student and meet educational goals, can cause stress, and this stress can cause us to remain in a...

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