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Connect Critical Thinking Skills to Social-Emotional Learning In The Classroom

Critical Thinking Critical thinking is expansive thinking, which takes the...

Connecting the Early Years with Nature

As early years educators, we have an incredible opportunity to...

Using Nature to Nurture: Rethinking Learning Environments to Encourage Inquiry, Play and Development

Why do we, as school educators, teach children information they...

Teach Kindness and Transform Your Classroom

Can you teach kindness? Kindness is a character trait and...

Is it magic or science? No, it’s Physical Education!

Think of the last time you went bowling. How long...

Use Emotion Coaching as a Standard for Discipline in Your Classroom

Most educators agree that classroom management and discipline are significant...

Why is Going Gradeless Controversial?

I always knew grades were embedded in the fabric of...

Conversations for Learning: Sparking Lifelong Curiosity

Our care of the child should be governed, not by...

Something’s Broken Here: Fixing Brain Breaks

Let’s start with some word association. When you hear or...

Instructional Strategies that Can Be Used With and Without Tech

Strategies power everything we do in the classroom. Instructional strategies...

How To Motivate Students Without the Carrot and the Stick

Traditional student motivation and engagement has been all about offering...