Classroom Management… Kids Discover Blog Post: Preparation is Relaxation: Calming Your Nerves Before the School Year Starts 31 Aug 202531 Aug 2025 Back-to-school anxiety isn’t just for students. Teachers, new and experienced, feel it, too. Those creeping worries, the flurry of “what ifs,” and that last-minute scramble the day before school starts……
Educator Reflection… Kids Discover Blog Post: The End Of The School Year Should Be Bittersweet 23 Jul 202523 Jul 2025 As I sit by the lake – sun shining bright, laughter all around, and the beautiful expanse of water stretched out before me – I find myself thinking about the…
Being an Example… Kids Discover Blog Post: Why Restorative Practices Should Be Your Classroom Foundation 4 Jun 2025 At the end of the school year, the last thing educators might want to do is reflect - ESPECIALLY on classroom management. However, this might actually be the best time…
Curriculum… Kids Discover Blog Post: Why Every Unit Needs a Culminating Event! 26 Feb 2025 I've always felt that educational units of study fall flat when they don't have some sort of culminating event - a project, a field trip, an experience that provides students…
Classroom Management… Kids Discover Blog Post: Executive Functioning 101 24 Dec 2024 I recently had the opportunity and privilege to interview Peg Dawson, renowned executive functioning expert, about how educators can help their students with their EF skills. HERE is the blog…
Curriculum… Kids Discover Blog Post: Breaking news – every subject is trending! 2 Nov 20242 Nov 2024 Having trouble engaging your students? If you said "No," what planet do you teach on? Because here on planet Earth every teacher has difficulty engaging their students at least once…
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