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How to Calm the Chaos in December

by BrainNinjasWP

Don't allow the festive season to cause chaos in your classroom. Check out these tips for how we keep our classroom calm and relaxed during this stressful season.

December can be a great month. It can also be exhausting. Your schedule gets tossed aside for concert rehearsals, bad weather and overstimulation of the little darlings in your care. How do you teach when your whole schedule needs to be tossed? This is our guide to calm the chaos.

There are three whole weeks of learning that are supposed to happen in December, but it can be VERY challenging to fit it all in. Here is what we do to mitigate the chaos.

While December is the month with the most disruptions for us, these ideas can work any time of year.

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Filed Under: Classroom Tips Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas activities, Christmas Crafts, Classroom Management, Schedules, Teacher Mental Health, Teacher Wellness

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