Making my first AI Lesson with Canva's Magic Media app provided a wealth of insights, and humor. The lesson, designed for kindergarteners, focused on personal space and safety. My challenge was to create engaging content that not only appealed to young students but also simplified the complex concepts I needed to convey. What I learned was surprising and insightful to say the least. 1. My ... Read More about 3 Insights I Gained from Creating My First AI Lesson
3 Types Of Amazing School Sensory Spaces For All Budgets…part 3
School sensory spaces are amazing ways to help students to self-regulate. The unfortunate thing is that a lot of school sensory spaces require a substantial budget. If you are fortunate to have a decent size grant, you can make an amazing sensory space, just like in my previous post. Sometimes you have a budget of a couple hundred dollars. If so, you can make a classroom sensory space, just ... Read More about 3 Types Of Amazing School Sensory Spaces For All Budgets…part 3
Amazing School Sensory Spaces For All Budgets…part 2
Amazing School sensory spaces can provide amazing opportunities for students to self-regulate and manage feelings. I recently created a post on creating a school wide sensory space for students. In this post, I will share some budget friendly sensory spaces in classroom and how to create them under $160. Here are the top 2 things to consider when creating a space in your classroom. ... Read More about Amazing School Sensory Spaces For All Budgets…part 2
3 Types Of Amazing School Sensory Spaces For All Budgets…part 1
School sensory spaces have become a positive way to support students socially and emotionally, but creating them can be overwhelming, and sometimes expensive. In the past few years, I have researched and created sensory spaces on all kinds of budgets. The outcomes of the impact that each budgeted sensory space provided even surprised me. Here are three spaces I created and what they provided. ... Read More about 3 Types Of Amazing School Sensory Spaces For All Budgets…part 1
3 Awesome Children’s Books About Women Who Persevered
Recently, I wrote post about 5 awesome books about perseverance, but I wanted to look into books that were based on real people, in this case, amazing women! I did some research, read a lot of books, and narrowed it down to the 3 books I would start with... the perfect amount to dive in, but not be overwhelming. 3 Awesome Children's Stories About Women Who Persevered The Girl Who Thought ... Read More about 3 Awesome Children’s Books About Women Who Persevered
5 Awesome Books About Perseverance for Elementary Students
Teaching the concept of perseverance can sometimes be difficult, and I have found certain books to be very helpful! For the month of January, our PBIS topic at our school is perseverance. Here are 5 of my favorite books on Perseverance for your students in Elementary school. Perseverance Books List 2. Even Superheroes Have Bad Days: This is such an adorable story for elementary school ... Read More about 5 Awesome Books About Perseverance for Elementary Students
3 Ways To Learn More About Your Students In Class
Getting to know our students is traditionally something that is important to all educators. We all care about our student and want to get to know more about them. With class sizes increasing, teacher expectations increasing, and student needs increasing, it is sometimes difficult to take the time to get to know students. Here are some creative ways to get to know students while still being able to ... Read More about 3 Ways To Learn More About Your Students In Class
5 Reasons that New Year’s Resolutions Fail
New Year's Resolutions make us feel excited and overwhelmed at the same time. Often we have the best intentions, but by the end of January, we have failed to keep them. I often see how to set New Year's resolutions, but I rarely see articles on why the fail, so I decided reflect and write about the "why's' resolution failures. Here is what I have found 5 Reasons Why New Year's Resolutions ... Read More about 5 Reasons that New Year’s Resolutions Fail
Amazing Arts Integration Tools For Lessons
Arts Integration is AMAZING! Along with social emotional strategies, it has been one of the most impactful educational philosophies that I have implemented in my counseling and academic lessons. The students love learning and I love the creative idea process of making innovative lessons for my students. At the beginning, it was a bit overwhelming to think about resources that I need and how to ... Read More about Amazing Arts Integration Tools For Lessons
5 Ways to Create Amazing Sensory Spaces
Sensory spaces in classrooms help provide students effective ways to self regulate and go back to learning. With so many products and ways to support sensory spaces, it can often feel overwhelming at times. After creating multiple sensory spaces for the teachers at my school, here are the essential things to consider. Seating Students need seating that clearly identifies the space within ... Read More about 5 Ways to Create Amazing Sensory Spaces