TeTesting season can bring a lot of stress—for students and teachers alike. The pressure to perform can quickly shift a calm classroom into a chaotic one. That’s why blending test prep with effective SEL strategies is essential. These tools not only help students stay focused, but also build the emotional resilience they need to tackle tests with confidence. But it doesn’t have to be this way. ... Read More about How to Help Students Stay Calm and Focused During Test Prep – 5 SEL Strategies That Actually Work

Children have some big worries sometimes! While it is important to acknowledge their worries and concerns, it is also important to provide coping strategies are kid friendly, engaging, and even fun to learn. The skill of self-awareness happens as children get older... They cannot always process why their feelings are happing and giving them kid friendly resources and strategies can help them ... Read More about Five Fun and Effective Ways To Help Kids’ Worries Now

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

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 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

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

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

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