As kindergarten and TK teachers gear up for a new year, one of the most meaningful ways to begin the year is with an All About Me unit. This unit allows teachers to not only get to know the children …
Beginning of Year
How to Become a Student-Centered Classroom
When setting up a classroom each year, many teachers likely look around the space and consider how it will best serve their students. There are traditional areas of the room that are focused on kids, like the class library or …
Planning with Google Calendar: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
If you’re here, you may be seeking out a better way to lesson plan. Well I’ve got something for you that I have been using for a few years now that I love! Google Calendar is such an easy-to-use platform …
Live, Learn, and Share: My Best Advice to New Teachers
This post is a long-time coming. Having just finished another school year, I am reflecting on my time in the classroom like I do each summer. This year, though, it feels different. There are things I *finally* think I have …
How Take Home Binders Saved My Sanity
Hey everyone! There are lots of things I try to do at the end of each school year so that I don’t come back in August to a crazy mess, but there’s always prep work to be done in those …