We believe firmly in social emotional learning (or SEL), self-regulation and teaching students about feelings. Students today struggle with identifying feelings, managing their emotions and staying focused. Let’s not get into all the causes about why some students are unable to describe and manage their feelings, but it more and more instructional time becomes wasted […]
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Easy to Use Classroom Activities for Earth Day
Every day in our classroom is Earth Day. It’s part of our science lessons to learn about energy conservation, so it’s easy to make sure we talk about the importance of conservation on a regular basis. One year a fellow teacher thought it would a great idea to print a little paper globe for each […]
Engaging Classroom Activities for the Holi Festival of Colors
Learning about different traditions allows students to explore people and their cultures around the world. And it’s a cheap way to travel! Holi is an ancient Hindu festival that originates and is widely celebrated in India. Although different regions of India have their own traditions and people celebrate it with some variations, they all share […]
Bringing Kindness into the Classroom Regularly
Kindness is one of our core values in our school, classroom and lives. We try to find ways to encourage kindness every chance we get. Our room is full of kindness books (you can find our favourites on this Books About Kindess list). We try to show videos whenever we have a few small moments […]
