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Your students will love these fun and engaging February activities for the classroom

Fun February Activities for Your Classroom

February is the sweetest month of the year! You can just feel the love with all of the Valentine’s Day talk and goodies around you. I love to tap into that feeling and carry it over into the classroom. February is a great time to teach all about friendships and

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The Best Reasons to Teach Fables in Your Classroom

Once upon a time, teachers discovered the power of fables in their classrooms. But as technology advanced and children’s books began to grace every shelf, this long-time tradition started to die out, and the reasons to teach fables were lost. They were replaced with YouTube videos and catchy rhyming pages

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3 January Activities Your Students Will Love

It’s the beginning of a new year! The perfect time to start fresh both in and out of the classroom. I don’t know about you, but I love to incorporate holiday and seasonal activities into my schedule. It makes everything so much more exciting and helps out engagement tremendously! These

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7 September Picture Books and activities kids love

September signals that fall is almost here and that means it’s time to pull out our favorite September picture books and activities to share with our kiddos. When I think of September, I automatically think of back to school, changing leaves, Hispanic Heritage Month, and all the fun September National

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9 Essential Classroom Management Tools

Having the right classroom management tools in your teaching toolkit can completely change your class dynamic! We all know students learn better in a well-managed classroom. How do we get there though? Sometimes it seems impossible! Here are 9 essential management tools to add a little peace and order to

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Building a Classroom Library that Excites and Inspires

A classroom library should be one of the most utilized spaces in your classroom, but stocking and organizing your library can be a challenge. Let’s talk about how to build that library, and at the end of the day, how to keep it organized. Building your classroom library I can’t

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How to Avoid the Monday Morning Teacher Blues

The Monday Morning Teacher blues are real.  I’ve been there before, and I don’t want to go back! I’m sure you have too. Monday mornings. You either love the endless possibilities that your week holds, or you hate it. There’s not an in-between. And teacher friend, I’ve dealt with the

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