Teaching and Learning
Make Classroom Connections with Authenticity and Smiles
Every day, educators can change the world one child at...
Fall is the Perfect Time to Check Your Shelf (Again): Blending Culturally Responsive Texts into Your Writing Workshop
In the fall of 2022, school boards and school librarians...
More Than Meets The Eye: Using ChatGPT to Transform your Teaching
If you’ve ever heard of Transformers, you’ve probably heard of...
Advocating For All Children to Access Learning Through Play: Acceptance for All Through Play-based Learning
My early childhood memories on play My passion for teaching...
Connect Critical Thinking Skills to Social-Emotional Learning In The Classroom
Critical Thinking Critical thinking is expansive thinking, which takes the...
Unlock Mathematical Connections: Best Practices for Engaging and Effective Mathematics Education
For nine years, I taught mathematics to an array of...
Attuning Mind and Heart with the Children’s Interests and Passions
Eight years ago, the ECE team at Shanghai American School...
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...